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[drbill]

Well, I decided to do a major service on this car. 1974 2.0. I've adjusted the valves, replaced the spark plugs NGK BP5ES, gapped to 0.028, replaced the distributor cap, rotor, spark plug wires and installed a Pertronix ignitor.
I've double checked to make sure HT leads attached for proper firing order, battery is charged. I removed #4 plug wire and plug to check for spark: got spark.

Any help? What's a logical sequence to troubleshoot?
Thanks,
Bill (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[DRPHIL914]

Something must be wrong with me, Clay. Over the years I've seen probably 15-20 fail, one on a car I just bought and was taking home. But then I've worked on probably 50-60 cars with 'em. I've never had a Compufire quit, but then I've only installed about a dozen of those. Had a couple of Crane-Allison's fail, too, but it was the box, not the pickup. To be fair, I've also seen a few Bosch units fail ............

The Cap'n

Perhaps earlier units were not as good or had problems. I heard that if leaving the ignition on without the car running, they can burn out. That makes sense to me. Thee must be a transistor that cannot handle 100 percent duty cycle. I am using Hot Spark. Never had a problem but I also make sure I never leave the key on without the car running. I Wouldn't leave the key on with points either for that matter.

i dont have the years of experience you guys do , but i have a hot spark unit, same one for past 4 years, even left ignition on over night once, no issue. but in the trunk i have a back up just in case - a second very nice distributor with brand new injector trigger plate , cap rotor etc with points/condenser etc just in case-

- is there any difference between the hot spark and petronix?