Mike,
Your description of symptoms meshes with my experience with a Pertronix
failure exactly. Cutting out and missing intermittantly for a couple of
days or a week and then total failure to start one morning. Popped the
points back in and drove on from there. With any aftermarket electronic
ignition its a good idea to keep the pints (oops where in the world could
my mind be) thats Points, condensor mounting screw and primary wire in the
glove box just for these little emergencys.
Dean
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> From: Mike Mason <mmason@lindenwood.edu>
> To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Petronix Redux
> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 9:49 AM
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> Here's a dumb question for you...how do you know when the electronic
> ignition is going out? Does it just quit, or can it start to miss and be
> an intermitent problem?
>
> I replaced the plugs, because there was an intermitent misfire and that
> seemed to clear it up for about two days. Then it got worse, and this
> morning it died at the end of the driveway. Guess that's better than the
> middle of the interstate!
>
> I'll pull it apart when I get home, but any thoughts would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Michael, in St. Louis........or there abouts
> '73 TR6.....66, The Beast
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