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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose">Don’t do it. Petronix sucks. I buy condensers by the gross. The bad ones are bad out of the box or last a week, the good ones last a decade. They are cheap and easy to replace.<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Once I started using Autozone Coils instead of Bosch and Lucas, and once you have a “right” condenser, it’s as simple as adjusting the point gap every spring and forgetting about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>If you really must, MSD setup with the disc and brain are bulletproof, but ugly to look at. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>I’ll be pulling the Petronix out of my recently purchased (and poorly running) E Type over the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Jonas Payne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>PBR Consulting Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>702.882.6711<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Steele<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 2, 2017 5:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Healey List' <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Pertronix question<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Well, after experiencing what seems to be “condenser misfiring” on my way back from Russ Thompson’s shop, I’m thinking I may end my stubborn holdout and convert to Pertronix. I’ve a few questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>What are the opinions on the Ignitor vs. the Ignitor II? <o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Is it worth changing out the plug wires to go with the II? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Can you use the stock cap with suppression or spiral wound plug wires, or do you replace the cap as well? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Sources for caps and wires? I’m assuming the Pertronix cap in the Moss catalogue is for the Pertronix distributor they list and will not fit a DM6 distributor. Nor do they show Cobalt wires for a 6 cylinder.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Is it worth getting the Pertronix coil as well?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>The connection looks straight forward—red to coil (+), black to coil (–) while retaining the white and white/black connections back into the harness. Obviously the while/black from coil (–) to the distributor is removed.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Pertronix website only shows a kit for the DM6A. Is this applicable to the DM6?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Looking at the shop manual, their view shows the DM6 negative lead post in what appears to be a slot, while my distributor is clearly secured to a hole in the housing with nuts. I’m assuming I have to remove the points plate to gain access, correct?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Thanks in advance for the input.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>