Ed-Great work and persistance! I look forward to the revision. Brent
Ed Esslinger wrote:
> I have been in contact with Rocky Sherer of PerTronix. He has been very
> helpful and admits there is a problem with the mounting of the LU-142-A in
> the Lucas 25D distributor on the Alpine. I am including his reply.
> I hope we get this problem resolved soon, I feel there is no better
> product on the market that improves the performance of Our Sunbeams as much
> as the PerTronix Ignitor.
>
> Dear Ed,
>
> It was nice to talk with you again. Im not sure if your
> readers are interested in a brief history of the Ignitor kit for the Lucas
> 25D distributor or not. It seems appropriate to me and therefore Ill take
> a minute to outline the history of the kit. The 25D distributor has a few
> features that make it an interesting one to fit. One is the post that
> happens to be different heights depending on which 25D that you have and the
> other being that the best position for the module happens to be right on top
> of the threaded hole used to hold the points in place. Most of our 100+ kit
> designs use the points screw to secure the Ignitor to the base plate.
> Given the design of the 25D distributor, our first kit, the LU-142, used the
> condensers screw hole to secure the Ignitors base plate. We began to
> receive a moderate amount of phone calls from customers expressing that they
> were uncomfortable with using the condensers screw hole since it was small
> and off to one side. There was another problem relating to some after
> market rotors that were shaped a little different than the original and
> were rubbing on the module. In order to solve both of these problems, we
> developed the LU-142A kit with two major changes. One, use a small module
> (that we had recently developed) and, two, change the design to a detachable
> module, that would also allow the use of the points screw hole for securing
> the base plate. With the use of the detachable module the afore mentioned
> post became a problem. We found that by moving the location of the module
> 15 degrees we could avoid the post and everything would be fine. We were
> even happier with the phasing of the kit since the firing moved away from
> the outer edge and into the middle of what amounts to a rotor with a very
> large sweep. We made this change and introduced the LU-142A about three
> years ago and have literally sold several thousand of these kits. Just
> recently, weve begun receiving calls from Alpine owners complaining that
> the 15 degree of timing adjustment is not possible since the vacuum advance
> will get hung-up while adjusting and does not allow the distributor to be
> turned far enough to achieve proper timing. Apparently, some enthusiasts
> have installed their distributor 180 degrees backwards, which works fine for
> performance, but looks rather odd! I think that represents the problem in
> more detail than you probably bargained for (sorry).
>
> Ed, we here at PerTronix are interested in our kits being designed properly
> and providing years of trouble free service. There are two ways that we can
> solve the dilemma that has been outlined above. The first would be to offer
> the LU-142 kit as an alternative to the LU-142A. The second, and the option
> that we plan to pursue, is to have a new mold made for the magnet sleeve
> that will locate the magnets 15 degrees from where they are now and will
> bring the location of the timing back even with the timing location of the
> points. We estimate this mold for a new sleeve will be ready in 90-120
> days. We will offer a free magnet sleeve swap to anybody who previously
> purchased the LU-142A kit.
>
> I hope this helps, if you need any additional info let me know.
>
> Rocky
> PerTronix
> .
> You can contact Rocky Sherer at rsherer@pertronix.com
>
> Update: Rocky has sent me a modified kit to test. I have installed it and
> it works GREAT with no adjustment problems. The new magnet sleeve should be
> available soon.
>
> Cool Cat Eddie ,1 S3 GT,3 S4's, 2 S5's, 2 MK1 Tigers
> Deep South Rep TE/AE
|