[Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 1, Issue 182

[Leonard Hartnett]

Steve:  Not what Gary is looking for but for your information, I installed 
my Pertronix in July, 2000.  I have driven approximately 27,000 miles since 
then.  It has not missed a beat and I am very happy with it.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville,  California,  USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sbyers at ec.rr.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 1, Issue 182


> Gary -
> Since that's my quote you used, let me say that I was not knocking 
> Pertronix.  I was just saying that my experience on the list over more 
> than 10 years is that everytime this topic has come up, about half (49.2% 
> to be exact) of the responses are very favorable and half (50.8%) are not 
> (or maybe it was the other way around).  I'm waiting for more of a 
> consensus before I spend the money to install a Pertronix on my car.
>
> I hope Pertronix has fixed whatever problems they might have had, and that 
> your survey will produce positive results to show that the consensus is 
> now heavily on the favorable side.  If so, I'll be the next in line to get 
> one.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
> ---- Editorgary at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 9/14/07 10:25:40 PM, healeys-request at autox.team.net
>> writes:
>>
>>
>> > Thought about it, but there are just about as many people on the list 
>> > who
>> > have tried it and gone back to points as have tried it and think it's 
>> > great.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I don't think that's true; used to be because during the first year of 
>> their
>> manufacture for Healeys there was a high failure rate due to a bad 
>> bonding
>> process between the control box and the base, but that was solved after 
>> that
>> according to an interview I did with them several years ago for British 
>> Car
>> Magazine.
>> So.... to confirm this, would anyone who has installed a Pertronix in the
>> past, say, three years and had it operate all right upon initial 
>> installation but
>> then fail later please report that to the list?
>> Thanks
>> Gary
>> (No commercial interest, but I hate to see a good product continue to get 
>> a
>> bad rap due to an initial problem that the maker has resolved.)
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