I debated about posting this because I know its a hot button.
I don't want to drag up that debate, but thought I'd pass on
my recent experience. Good and bad.
I put a new Pertronix EI in a '51 8N 12V on the 8th. (side mount)
Took 15 minutes or so, started right up, set the timing and was done.
On the 12th it died at idle while hooking up an implement.
No spark.
I took the distributor cap off and found the magnetic ring had
separated between the top and bottom halves letting the magnets
fall out. I figure it was just a bad part that slipped by QA.
I called Pertronix, they said that was odd and they would ship
a new one right out that day. Waited longer on hold than it took
for them to say they would fix it. Great customer service, but
the tech support line and time on hold is not toll free.
I put the original points back in so the job could get done.
Still waiting on the new magnetic ring. Probably be here tomorrow.
I may or may not bother to put it back in. I didn't notice a bit of
difference in how the tractor started or ran, but I didn't really
expect to so I may have been pre-disposed to that notion.
I didn't get to try it out in cold weather.
It didn't even snow here until the 15th.
In my short-lived racing days I was always a fan of EI over
"floating" points. I doubt points float much at <2000 RPMs.
I don't want to drag up that debate, but thought I'd pass on
my recent experience. Good and bad.
I put a new Pertronix EI in a '51 8N 12V on the 8th. (side mount)
Took 15 minutes or so, started right up, set the timing and was done.
On the 12th it died at idle while hooking up an implement.
No spark.
I took the distributor cap off and found the magnetic ring had
separated between the top and bottom halves letting the magnets
fall out. I figure it was just a bad part that slipped by QA.
I called Pertronix, they said that was odd and they would ship
a new one right out that day. Waited longer on hold than it took
for them to say they would fix it. Great customer service, but
the tech support line and time on hold is not toll free.
I put the original points back in so the job could get done.
Still waiting on the new magnetic ring. Probably be here tomorrow.
I may or may not bother to put it back in. I didn't notice a bit of
difference in how the tractor started or ran, but I didn't really
expect to so I may have been pre-disposed to that notion.
I didn't get to try it out in cold weather.
It didn't even snow here until the 15th.
In my short-lived racing days I was always a fan of EI over
"floating" points. I doubt points float much at <2000 RPMs.