<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>I had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago and Randall suggested I put the "bad" coil back in and see if it worked. It did! While I thought I was frying coils, I instead had a bad connection at the coil. Check all your electrical connections and look to see if there is any blackening or signs of burning. The Sports coil is 3.5 ohms, I believe.</div>
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<div>By the way, since my car was not performing particularly well above 4500 rpm, I tried a Bosch red (again at the advice of a lister) and it made all the difference.</div>
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<div>YMMV, as always,</div>
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<div>Andrew Uprichard</div>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: [TR] Pertronix Ignition<BR>From: Brian Thomas <<a href="mailto:thomasb@queensu.ca">thomasb@queensu.ca</a>><BR>Date: Thu, October 01, 2015 9:43 am<BR>To: "<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><BR><BR>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>Last week to solve a very worn distributor issue on our negative ground TR4A, we replaced:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>The distributor cap, plugs and wires are all fairly recent.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>After the install, the car ran incredibly better … for about 100 miles.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>Then it completely lost power and we coasted to the side of the road of course in a rural location just before dark and 20 miles from the ferry dock. It would crank but not fire. Diagnosis revealed fuel in the float bowls but no spark. Not having any parts with me, we floated it home via CAA.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>The next morning, acting on advice from my mechanic, I tried a new rotor and this which made no difference. Subbing in the Lucas Sports coil, it fired right up. So the Pertronix coil has failed and they have agreed to replace it under warranty.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal style="font-size:12pt;"><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; COLOR: #0070c0'>I’d be interested in hearing other experiences with this setup. Pertronix advises I can run with the Lucas coil as long as it is at least 3.0 ohms. As the Sports coil is 3 ohms, I appear to be good, but am concerned about frying another coil. Obviously, I won’t travel without a spare.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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