Scheduled implant of ignitor:tomorrow afternoon. I'll report to you on
Monday. BTW, upon cold start-up this am, choke out--- 4 'cranks' of the engine.
We'll see what the diffierence is with the ignitor.
Jeff
'73 TR6
Subject: Re: Mechanics and Ignitor
Author: schuyler grace <schuyler@bellsouth.net> at SMTP
Date: 3/26/98 7:51 PM
Jeff,
No apologies are necessary...after all, it took me a week to even start the
basics.
I guess I was more concerned that you *had* already seen it.
Regarding the Ignitor installation, if you have a stock ignition setup (as I do
and
you seem to) it is the easiest thing you will do for your LBC. Don't worry
about
giving the Ignitor a "real" 12V feed, just hook it up to the coil terminals as
directed, and it will work great. One thing though, make sure you have some
crimp
on connectors on hand, and I needed a double spade adapter, because all of the
terminals on one side of my coil were filled ( you could get around this by
putting
two coil wires on one crimp on spade, though). My installation took all of five
minutes, but it would have been much quicker if I hadn't been worried that I did
something wrong, because it was so simple.
All in all, this is the best $100 I've spent on Malibu Barbie's Dream Car.
After a
couple of months of great service, the real test is coming next week when we
take a
600 mile round trip from Atlanta to Hilton Head Island and back. Although I'll
be
taking along a spare set of points, I'm more worried about the possibility of
mechanical failures than whether the Ignitor will hold up.
Later,
-Schuyler
jbonina@nectech.com wrote:
> Schulyer,
>
> My apologies, I haven't had a chance to look at the site. I'll try to
> get to it today.
>
> Ignitor. I ordered it Tuesday, returned the Crane the same day. What's
> up with the coil? Do I need to do anything like bypass the ballast
> resistor? I HATE electrical things (actually, I'm scared and ignorant
> of them). I wouldn't know a ballast resistor if someone shoved it up
> my nose. Can you give me some detail. It's supposed to be 70 degrees
> this weekend in Mass. and if the Ignitor arrives, I'm going to install
> it.
>
>
> Again, I'll try to get to the site today and let you know. Thanks,
>
> Jeff
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schuyler@bellsouth.net
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