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DrKats
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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:17 am Post subject: Cooked Pertronix? |
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| Hey guys, need help again. Pertronix billet igniter 2 is where I believe my problem lies. It very clearly says “CAUTION-DO NOT USE SOLID CORE WIRES”. Ok, the wires that came with the set would not fit with the type 3 intakes I was using at the time so I contacted the place I bought the ignition system from and told them my case. They sold me a set of wires that,as I was told, will work with my system as long as I changed the ends to fit the HEI cap. So, I did that and fired it up and drove it around noticing a miss at low rpms. After a great deal of trouble shooting, I realized these wires may be what considered solid core wires, they were a stranded copper conductor. I’m ignorant to plug wire terminology. So swapped out the intakes for type1’s and put the original wires bake on. Everything was good. Then I noticed cold starts were very rough, it started running rich and finally it wouldn’t start due to being flooded. So my question is, could I have burned out the module by using these wires and could theyvalso have affected other instruments such as my fuel guage and oil pressure guage? Go easy on me! |
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Q-Dog
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Location: Sunset, Louisiana
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: Cooked Pertronix? |
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My experience with the Pertronix module is they either work or they don't. Maybe give Pertronix a call? See if they can give you some info on how to test the module?
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andk5591
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Cooked Pertronix? |
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| My experience with the Pertronix module is they either work or they don't. Maybe give Pertronix a call? See if they can give you some info on how to test the module? |
X2...you DID reset the timing, right?
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vincent9993
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: Cooked Pertronix? |
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| Between our 2 buggies, we have over 200,000 miles and we've ever only burned one Pertronix module. I'm pretty sure it burned because I forgot the ignition switch on (without engine running) and the unit burned out. |
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andk5591
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:50 am Post subject: Re: Cooked Pertronix? |
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The biggest cause of pertronix failures is reversing the leads. They have troubleshooting tips on their site. And I have never had one partially fail. They either work or they don't.
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