Check the connections on your coil, if they are reversed for the
polarity of your car then your points will not last.
...Art
On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Jurgen Hartwig wrote:
> Well, I was pondering heading out to the mountains today and have some fun in
>the twisties. Good thing I didn't because trouble was a brewing.
>
>
> I decided to wash my car instead of drive the mountains. It began raining
>shortly after I finished washing the car, so I hurriedly got into the car and
>sprinted back to campus to get into the parking deck. As I was punching the
>throttle out of the lot, for some awful reason my engine decided to torque
>backwards, and the bottom of my engine-driven fan made contact with the
>radiator. I was completely dumbfounded as the motor mounts and tranny mounts
>are all in excellent condition, and I wondered how my engine could have tilted
>enough to bridge the 3/4" gap between the fan blades and the radiator. The
>radiator is in pretty rough shape, and I will likely get a used radiator from
>my local parts source. No sweat here! Just about $100 and I'll be back on the
>road. Kinda sucks though, because my radiator was in excellent shape and kept
>the temp on the N regularly, even in the 90+ degree heat.
>
>
> Well, that wasn't the end of it. As I'm making my way back to campus (soaked
>from head to toe from the rain), my damn points decided to give out after less
>than 1000 miles of service. This has occurred so many times now, I have lost
>count. Usually they last around 3000 miles, but this is quite pathetic. My
>ground strap is in good shape, the dizzy is new, have installed new
>points/condenser about 5-10 times in last 15-20k miles. yes, the points are
>the correct ones.
>
>
> Anyway, I have decided that points are the work of the devil. I want to go
>electronic ignition. My main question is this: Will electronic ignition solve
>my problems, or am I just throwing money at a problem, that I don't know the
>cause of?
>
>
> I've heard the Petronix ignition kits are a good replacement. Any yeas or
>nays?
>
>
> now my car is parked here in a slightly bad part of town, but I don't care if
>some stupid fool spends an hour trying to start the car, because it won't work
>with bad points. Besides, once he/she gets the car started, it will run like
>crap, because I don't have my choke cable installed. Why steal a horribly
>running MGB, when you can steal a Lexus from down the street?
>
>
> Happy Jay
>
> "still happy, because I have to have good stories to tell my kids when I get
>older"
>
>
>
> ***********************************************
>
> Jurgen Hartwig, Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech
>
>
> <paraindent><param>left</param>When you were born you cried
>
> and the world rejoiced
>
> Try to live your life so that
>
> when you die you will rejoice
>
> and the world will cry.
>
>
> </paraindent>
>
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