[TR] Pertronix Failure

[Joe Curry]

But Michael, the beauty of the Pertronix setup is that you don't have to
modify the dizzy to install it.  So the backup plan is to carry a set of
points and condenser and use that in case of failure.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces+spitlist=cox.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Michael Porter
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:04 AM
To: banc8004 at comcast.net
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Pertronix Failure

banc8004 at comcast.net wrote:
> Is there the possibility that 'upgrades' such as the Pertronix ignition
unit, and other like it, are less reliable than the contact breaker points
they replace?
>
> Have any TR folks given up on such a system and reverted to points?
>
>   

Some have, I'm sure (I recall a few mentions of doing that over the 
years).  I don't know that they're more or less reliable than points. 
But, when they quit, they bloody well quit completely--there's no 
temporary fixes to get them going long enough to get home.  That's one 
of the advantages of points.  If they quit, there's usually something 
that can be done with them, with reasonably simple tools, even if 
performance is compromised.  That's why many boat owners don't have 
electronic ignitions, or, if they do, carry a couple of spares. 


Cheers.

-- 


Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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