Steve: Not what Gary is looking for but for your information, I installed
my Pertronix in July, 2000. I have driven approximately 27,000 miles since
then. It has not missed a beat and I am very happy with it.
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, California, USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031
----- Original Message -----
From: <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 1, Issue 182
> Gary -
> Since that's my quote you used, let me say that I was not knocking
> Pertronix. I was just saying that my experience on the list over more
> than 10 years is that everytime this topic has come up, about half (49.2%
> to be exact) of the responses are very favorable and half (50.8%) are not
> (or maybe it was the other way around). I'm waiting for more of a
> consensus before I spend the money to install a Pertronix on my car.
>
> I hope Pertronix has fixed whatever problems they might have had, and that
> your survey will produce positive results to show that the consensus is
> now heavily on the favorable side. If so, I'll be the next in line to get
> one.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
> ---- Editorgary@aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 9/14/07 10:25:40 PM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
>> writes:
>>
>>
>> > Thought about it, but there are just about as many people on the list
>> > who
>> > have tried it and gone back to points as have tried it and think it's
>> > great.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I don't think that's true; used to be because during the first year of
>> their
>> manufacture for Healeys there was a high failure rate due to a bad
>> bonding
>> process between the control box and the base, but that was solved after
>> that
>> according to an interview I did with them several years ago for British
>> Car
>> Magazine.
>> So.... to confirm this, would anyone who has installed a Pertronix in the
>> past, say, three years and had it operate all right upon initial
>> installation but
>> then fail later please report that to the list?
>> Thanks
>> Gary
>> (No commercial interest, but I hate to see a good product continue to get
>> a
>> bad rap due to an initial problem that the maker has resolved.)
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