Installing Pertronix tonight, do's and dont's welcome Options

[drewvw]

What's up all. I was MIA in Colorado for awhile but now I am back and ready to continue work on the teener. I searched the archives and read up on the electrionic ignitions and got a good deal on the pertronix one.

Any quick tips for me on the install? seems pretty straight forward...


drew

[fiid]

Everyone hates the pertronix. I had one for a while when I had my 1.7 and never had a problem. The above post clarifies the situation well:

1) They don't like being wired up the wrong way around. Make double sure the wires on the coil are the polarity you think they are (find the markings) before you hook the pertonix up.

2) They apparently don't like being left on with the ignition on. I didn't know this was an issue and I never smoked mine. My suspicion is that if a magnet is near the sensor at the time the ignition is on without the engine running it causes a problem. I believe that the root cause is something like this because not everyone who has had a pertronix has had this experience. I think I read (double check this) that it's no problem as long as it's less than about 20seconds in any case, so I'd just try to avoid leaving the ignition on without the motor running and you'll probably be ok.

Like I said - I never had a problem with mine, and I didn't know about these things when I installed mine. The only reason I stopped using it was that my new engine has no distibutor.