[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 441

[Kinderlehrer]

I've had the same experience. The electronics didn't fail, but the magnets 
became askew in the collar, so it provided great spark at all the wrong 
times. When I started having the same problems with the replacement, I went 
back to points and I'll stay there.
Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam at comcast.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 441


> Joe,
>
> I have to differ with you.  I have seen 3 of Pertronics fail.  They failed 
> oddly.  They did not die totally, they could not sustain higher RPM, so 
> there would be a misfire at 3K rpm , for example, but it seemed to idle 
> OK.
>
> That being said, I have one in my car, but I installed it when I was 
> trying to eliminate a very small miss.  I found that the MGB push-in style 
> cap and corresponding wires made the most difference.  I had already 
> switched to the pertronics, which had not made much of a difference 
> compared to a well tuned points system.  Since I had already  switched to 
> the pertronics, I was not going to spend the time to switch back to 
> points.  I left it there, but I am prepared to install points at a 
> moment's notice.