I've never installed an electronic ignition so I have no direct experience
with them, but after being on this list for 5 or 6 years, I've seen
enough of these cautionary emails about random failures of electronic
ignitions that I don't think I would ever want to install one. I've
always run with points and have NEVER had an ignition failure (knock on
the wood dash for luck). I find the good old fashioned points to be rock
solid reliable for me and easy to service. Further, I'm always amused by
the implied claims in the advertisements for electronic ignitions that
they will increase performance. Again, I cannot claim direct experience
having never run electronic, but that doesn't seem very likely either. But
I could be wrong. Wouldn't be the first time. ;-)
Greg Hutmacher
1976 TR6
Denton, TX
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:52:54 -0800
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: TR3 ignition mystery demystifyed
> It was the Petronix Ignitor electronic ignition module(s).
Welcome to the club, Jim. One of the worst aspects of the Pertronix
design
is also it's only selling point (IMO) ... the heat sensitive electronics
are
housed inside the distributor, where they always run at engine
temperature.
Doing so shortens their life and leads to weird intermittent heat-related
problems. Also because of space limitations, the design is fairly crude
and
doesn't, for example, shut down the output transistor when the engine is
not
running.
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