<VV> Crapoutitis

Michael Kovacs kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net
Fri Nov 24 09:19:16 EST 2006


 Exact symptoms I experienced. When it gets hot it starts to fail. When cooled off for an hour or so it seems fine. I sent mine back to Petronics and they said there was nothing wrong with it. I doubt they ran it hot for and hour or so. I replaced the Pertonics 1 with a Petronics 2 and carry the original point set up in the car. 
   
   It is for sure the Petronics, but try to swap the coil first as the symptoms you describe also may apply to a failing coil.
   
  Was yours a 1 or 2?
   
  mike
  

Jim Bannister <jimster1 at earthlink.net> wrote: 
  Hi All,

I think I'm beginning to suffer the death of my Pertronix ignition system.
Is there a know failure mode? What I'm seeing is the following, the engine
seems fine until its been operating for about 20 minutes. Before 20
minutes, it'll pull to the redline in 1, 2 And 3rd gear with 7psi boost
without a hiccup. Slowly as things warm, the engine will not pull under
load without missing badly. Even giving gas gently will cause it to miss
and try to die. Eventually, it won't idle or run under 2500 rpm. If it
dies, it'll restart but needs full throttle to get going. Giving it a one
hour rest, returns everything to normal. Has anybody seen similar symptoms?
I'm first going to swap out the coil and see what happens. After that, I'll
put the points back in and see what happens. Can anyone think of anything
else that I might be missing?

Jim B.



MIKE KOVACS


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