<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">For another data point: I just finished a 3,106 mile trip in my BJ8. My friend's GPS worked perfectly--except for getting lost and issuing bad directions occasionally (thank goodness for our AAA maps)--the whole time running off a power outlet I installed under the dash (my car is still positive ground so I reverse-wired the socket). Our cellphones worked fine, too. I do have suppressor/resistor plug caps and plugs on the stranded-wire copper secondary leads.<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Used to be able to monitor my fuel pump by tuning the BMC AM radio between stations and listening for the 'pulse,' but the electronic pumps don't emit enough signal.<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">There is a known issue with Lincoln LS coils that my parent's car experienced: a bum coil could cause a voltage spike on the primary circuit, causing the ECU to shut down and stop the engine. Goes to show electronics and electromagnetism are magic and as such not predictable.<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Bob<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" data-mce-style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Although I use them myself I do have one caution regarding the use of solid core ignition wires.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" data-mce-style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">As Michael Oritt discovered in Targa Newfoundland they can play havoc with electronics. We encountered problems with our "wired" intercom and Terratrip rally meter which immediately vanished when we reverted to suppressor leads.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" data-mce-style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have also found that my cell phone will not receive messages or even do GPS navigation while the engine is running in #174 which has completely original 62 year old Lucas ignition components.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" data-mce-style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Michael S<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class="gmail_quote"></div></div></div></body></html>