Pertronix 6v super confusion

[rallyace]

Pertronix has had a quality issue over the last couple of years. I have had issues with failures on British cars in the past and many friends have had the same issues. It is not uncommon to find a Pertronix bad out of the box or fail ourtright at the least convenient location (my MGB unit failed while I was in 70 MPH traffic on I-81). When they are good, they are great. When they are troublesome you will get stranded.

[greg g]

Keep your points. Buy quality tune up parts, install them properly,and enjoy the reliable performance of a proven, well engineered, and vintage appropriate system. How many time are you going to need to mess with the points on a car that gets driven 3K or fewer miles? I just looked at mine after eight years, and 25K miles, as I had the distributor out to deal with a vacuum advance issue. I did a couple swipes with the points file checked the gap, no adjustment necessary, and put it back in adding a couple drops of oil to the wick. At least I know that they will not suddenly quit working.

[nonstop]

Just did the Pertronix yesterday. Had the car towed home last week as a result of the points going out. I carried 2 spare sets, but did not want to change them on the side of the freeway. So far very happy with the Pertronix, but built a spare breaker plate with points and condensor just in case.

I Second buying the quality ignition parts. A month or so ago, a relatively new condensor almost left me stranded. When the points went out last week, the rivets holding the arm to the rubbing block sheared off. As I was doing the conversion, I pulled off the second set of points (dual point set up) and the points looked bad. All parts had less than a thousand miles. They were Autozone (Wells) which I thought were supposed to be okay. I sourced the spare ignition parts from another source.