Chris, I have done the Pertronix conversion. It worked great. One
caution however. If you inadvertently hook the positive and negative
wires incorrectly, even just a moment, you'll cook the electronics and
the unit will be junk. There is fairly good troubleshooting information
included with the unit. You will need a meter to check it however. One
other thing you might want to do is call Pertronix directly. They have a
toll free number and they are very helpful.
Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Sun, 31 Aug 1997 16:40:33 -0500 "Chris Cavanaugh" <chriscav@pdq.net>
writes:
>Help wanted!
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>I have a low mileage 78 'B that still had the (supposedly) troublesome
>Lucas integrated ignition amplifier attached to the distributor body.
In
>the interest of prevention (and not being stranded somewhere) I opted
(at
>the advice of a local mechanic here in Houston) to install the Pertronix
>system. I know, I know, "if it ain't broke - don't fix it!"
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>I have followed and reinstalled the components three times to the exact
>instructions provided, and cannot get the car running. I'm getting
juice
>from the coil, but somehow it is not getting to the pickup assembly.
One
>thing I noticed, is that the magnet seems to sit pretty far down the
>distributor shaft, so that only about 1/2 to 2/3 of the assembly aligns
>with the bottom of the pickup unit.
>
>Any ideas from those of you who have done this conversion?
>
>Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions.....
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>Chris
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