<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I've had the pleasure of replacing a set of contact points alongside the road in the dark. If you don't get the stack of insulating washers and parts correct you are going nowhere and it's awfully easy to drop one of the bits down and under the car--with the same result. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I put a Mallory Unilite distributor/ignition system in my Healey about twenty years ago with absolutely no issue other than a cracked external ballast resistor and about three years ago I replaced the module simply because I did not want to push my luck any further. On long trips I carry a spare distributor with drive dog attached, allowing for quick and easy replacement and no need to worry about timing so long as I pay careful attention to the positions of the rotor and distributor body when switching things out.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">On my race cars I use Pertronix modules simply because the failure mode is almost always total which makes diagnosis much easier whereas with points there is one more component (the condenser) plus very often when points ignitions go bad the problem is often partial and/or intermittent, resulting in more time lost trying to diagnose the problem with more sessions lost due to having more possibilities to eliminate. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 8:47 PM warthodson--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="color:black;font:12pt "Comic Sans MS",sans-serif">Since Pertronix don't have points I guess the answer is: "the car would not have been disabled due to the points failing". <br>
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From: dwflagg--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size:12pt">Also, years ago whilst traveling the New York State Thruway I came upon a disabled Austin Healey whilst driving my own to a fraternity </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12pt">brother's wedding. This was before cell phones. Disabled vehicles were at the mercy of tow trucks and </span></strong><strong style="font-size:16px">exorbitant fees. It was </strong><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>determined</strong></span><strong style="font-size:16px"> there was no spark. With no tools but just a nail clipper with a nail file, we filed the </strong><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>points,</strong></span><strong style="font-size:16px"> and were both on our </strong><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>way! Try</strong></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><strong> that with a Pertronix unit!</strong></span></span></span></div>
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<h1><strong style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">To add more fuel to the fire, while driving on the freeway in Las Vegas years ago I had the rotor on my BN6 split in two. A highway patrolman stopped and repaired it with super glue and a rubber band. I limped home 15 miles – put on another rotor and kept a spare for safety and the repaired one in the parcel shelve for memories. Try that with a Pertronix unit</span></strong></h1>
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<div><strong>From:</strong> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Jim Ryan<br clear="none"><strong>Sent:</strong> Monday, August 29, 2022 10:12 AM<br clear="none"><strong>To:</strong> patrick williams <<a href="mailto:2x2doc@gmail.com" target="_blank">2x2doc@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none"><strong>Cc:</strong> List Healey <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br clear="none"><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Healeys] Distributor guy</div>
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<div>Just wondering, the debate between this unit and the original points has always been that you can replace the points in the event of a failure on the side of the road. How difficult is it to replace this unit in the same manner if you carried a spare, and what would the cost be for that spare? I'm referring to a1958 Bugeye here.</div>
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<div>On Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 8:21 AM patrick williams <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:2x2doc@gmail.com" target="_blank">2x2doc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>It's been close to 20 years ago, but Jeff rebuilt my distributor, including the vacuum advance diaphram, and put in a pertronix unit. I'm very happy with the results.</div>
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