Re: flacky pertronics?

[Eric Hegstrom <ehegstrom@domain.elided>]

Well that's exactly what I did. Just yanked the points out and put in
the pertronics. (Resistor still in place) Wow, you mean I did like I was
supposed to -- jeex, I must be loosing my touch. I guess the pertronics
ignitor is just a hall-effect switch. It seems odd that it would fail
intermittently. Well my conjecturing isn't worth a hill of beans (god, I
sound like my Gramps). I guess I'll have to swap in some points to be
sure.

Peace,

Eric

Tom Mandera wrote:
> 
> Eric Hegstrom wrote:
> > Well it's a stock coil (borg-warner E30P). I guess it's low resistance 'cause
> > you have to use an external ballast resistor like the OEM. I guess the lesson
> > is RTFM. They should have made it a little more complicated to install then I
> 
> Er.. how about.. "NOT use a low resistance coil and leave out the
> ballast resistor"
> 
> Basically, you want a "setup" that you could use with points.  I was
> warning against an MSD Blaster hi-po type coil.. the Pertronix (and
> points) need the resistance.. either directly in the coil, or with the
> ballast resistor.
> 
> If you left the resistor in place, you should've been fine...

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