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Posted by: sanman Nov 15 2004, 10:00 AM

I had the key off and adjusted the gap with everything still pluged in. Is it posible to short the pertronix out with a feeler gauge. found a set of points and the car started.I there a way to test the unite and how.

Posted by: Jake Raby Nov 15 2004, 10:12 AM

Hmmn, are you sure you had the polarity correct??

all it takes is 1/10th of a second to fry it as soon as you turn the key on...

Posted by: sanman Nov 15 2004, 10:17 AM

It ran before i pop the cap off but in my neverending quest for perfection I just had to check it. never changed anything else wires were the same

Posted by: ! Nov 15 2004, 10:21 AM

More than likely it's toast...it either works or it doesn't....check and see if you are inside your warranty.

Posted by: Root_Werks Nov 15 2004, 10:27 AM

Doesn't sound like you had the wires hooked up backwards if it ran before. Maybe the gap is too large? They won't work if the gap is set too large.

I don't recall any way of testing just the unit.