[Spridgets] Pertronix woes..

[Dean Hedin]

From: Steven Guterman [mailto:an5.sprite at gmail.com] 
Which one did you have?

 

I bought mine a long time ago.  Maybe 2000-2002 time frame.  So it was
probably

their early design.

 

The trigging input to the MSD unit I built is fairly benign, its a 50 ohm
resistor to

+12volts.  That is much less current than if the Pertronix was normally
connected 

to the coil.  So it's not like it was under any stress.  

 

So I really think it was the ground wire in the distributor breaking that
took out the Pertronix.

Others running these should check that wire.  It's a 50 year old wire and it
just fatigues with age.

 

I'm going to order this one http://tinyurl.com/3afb35a

They are in Texas, It has a 3 year warranty, and it says it can drive an MSD
unit.