[Mgs] Advice please, bad miss

[David Ambrose]

Some years back, I started getting enough condenser failures that I 
fitted an electronic ignition module. That's turned out to be a good 
decision.


On 8/28/2016 5:27 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting that, Simon! Read the stacks of workshop manuals 
> and they say, 'condensers almost never fail'. 'Almost' is a dangerous 
> word and it fogs our troubleshooting vision. But well done to you!
>
> > What's that old saw? 90% of fuel problems are ignition problems.
> >
> > I swapped out the almost new condenser and the problem went away.
> >
> > Simon
>
> And why after almost a year, am I writing this? Firstly, my MG TD 
> restoration awaits completion, but I uncovered it yesterday while 
> cleaning up the shop. Some of the old excitement returned. Secondly, 
> my old '69 Silver Shadow is at a commercial shop getting new plugs, 
> wires, cap, rotor, coil, ballast, points, and condenser. And guess 
> what; The 'almost new' condenser had failed, leaving that honkin' big 
> 6 liter V8 without enough spark to start! Condensers DO fail, and when 
> they do, diagnostics become difficult because, "condensers almost 
> never fail." Maybe the piles of literature should read, "condensers 
> almost never fail, except for the poorly made replacements available 
> in the 21st century."
>
> -rick, with 6 Brirish cars, 3 Italian cars, 1 German, 1 Swedish, and 1 
> Japanese!
>
>
>
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