[TR] Pertronix Failure

[kinderlehrer at comcast.net]

Not necessarily. I had one fail because the magnets in the collar got loose and went cockeyed. Made for some very poor running, but it did run. Took me awhile to diagnose because I also thought that if it was the Petronix, it would be a complete failure.  I replaced the collar but before too long it started to run poorly again, so I put in points and wrote off the Petronix.
Bob 



 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Michael Porter <mdporter at dfn.com>
> 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.
> 
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> 
> 
> Michael Porter
> Roswell, NM