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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>After years with fiddling with the timing, etc. I put a Pertronix unit into my BN6. All I had to do was set the timing. I drove with it for over 10 years until I sold the car and had absolutely no problems. I did notice that the engine was a lot more peppy after the installation as I got a hotter and truer spark. Perhaps the naysayers on this list did not follow the instructions properly? I did on a lark, called the Pertronix people (I didn’t need help) and found that they patiently answered my questions validating that I had made a good purchase of their product.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>John Sims<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Aberdeen, NJ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>www.healey6.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 03, 2017 1:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Pertronix question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>'Petronix sucks'<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Well, that ends this conversation (but doesn't answer the OP's inquiry). With irrefutable data and proof such as this, one should not touch them with the proverbial 10ft pole.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>bs<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/2/2017 8:28 PM, Jonas Payne wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>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></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you really must, MSD setup with the disc and brain are bulletproof, but ugly to look at. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll be pulling the Petronix out of my recently purchased (and poorly running) E Type over the weekend.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jonas Payne<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PBR Consulting Services, LLC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>702.882.6711<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Steele<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 2, 2017 5:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Healey List' <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><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","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:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'>What are the opinions on the Ignitor vs. the Ignitor II? </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'>Is it worth changing out the plug wires to go with the II? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'>Can you use the stock cap with suppression or spiral wound plug wires, or do you replace the cap as well? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","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.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol></ol><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'>Is it worth getting the Pertronix coil as well?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","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.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'>Pertronix website only shows a kit for the DM6A. Is this applicable to the DM6?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","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?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'>Thanks in advance for the input.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS ,sans-serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bruce Steele</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Brea, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1960 BN7</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Suggested annual donation $12.75<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/bspidell@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/bspidell@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>