With all due respect Sean, I think yours was an installer's problem, not
equipment failure.
But your story reminds me of a time I was in Wrightsville Beach, NC in
July of 1976 on a beautiful, cloudless Saturday afternoon, perfect for
top-down cruising in my shiny new (to me) emerald '74 TR6. I had been
partying with friends and was on the way back to the motel when I "ran
into a chum with a bottle of rum" as Jimmy would say, and we stopped at
a little bar for "A" beer. Well, a pool challenge was made and for some
reason other than skill we just couldn't lose, so of course many beers
were won and drunk. On my last of many trips to the men's room I noticed
that a guy was standing by the bar all wet. I thought no, please tell
me...and about that time the front door opened as a couple ran in out of
the pouring rain! I ran outside in an intense thunderstorm to put my top
up and when I opened the car door, water actually spilled out. I was
bummed! It took several motel towels sopping and wringing to dry up the
mess and the seats were wet for many sunny days afterward. My various
TR6's have been rained in many times since, as most of our cars have,
I'm sure, but thank God I've never had THAT much water in my car again!
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of BigOldWumper@aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:14 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Pertronix Ignitor ignition (on dark road in middle of
nowhere)
"Since the ignition will likely fail in the middle of a dark road,
possibly
in the rain"
This is EXACTLY what happened to me. The Pertronix was one of the first
"upgrades" I put on my car when I first got it. After installing the
Ignitor and my
brand new carpeting and interior set, I set out for a drive on a nice,
sunny
day, but not before removing the hard top to take in some rays. Well, to
make
a long story short, the car sputtered out and died on the side of the
road
about 2 miles from my house on the way back from my little trip. I'd be
out for a
couple hours, and hadn't had any problems up to that point, but my first
inclination was to check the Pertronix. I remove the distributor cap,
and guess
what? The rotor had eaten up the wires! It had completely spun the wires
from
the Ignitor around itself and snapped the wires out from the module. I
had been
sure to give the wires on the module just enough slack inside the
distributor
cap so as to not cause undue tension on the module, just as the
installation
instructions from Pertronix had said. Evidently, when writing the
instructions,
Pertronix had not considered the possibly that the extra "slack" might
get
twisted up by the rotor! Anyway, I call a pick up truck, and within 5
minutes it
starts raining. Within 10 it's pouring, and after 30 minutes I'm still
waiting for the pickup truck; just sitting there, on the side of the
road, my new
carpting pooling up with rainwater. This was all about a year and a half
ago...I
wonder if I can still get a refund from Pertronix?? Anyway, needless to
say,
I can't really endorse this product. BUT, NO MATTER WHAT, always carry a
spare
set of points!!! I learned that the hard way.
-Sean
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