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Date:         Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:19:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Kw <kokopellis@ATT.NET>
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From:         Kw <kokopellis@ATT.NET>
Subject:      PETRONIX MELTDOWN  Was: 82 cold starts fine; stalls after 5 min.
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Howdy, Some of you may remember I had a stall problem in my 82 after it warmed up a few minutes. Well today I had a chance to examine. I tried a cold start to see if I could get it running and it would not even fire. I thought, Fuel, spark, compression, timing.

I figured it was getting fuel since it started previously. I opted to check spark first. I opened the distributor cap for a quick inspection and voila, the reak of melted electrical components and plastic. My Petronix pointless ignition is TOAST.

This is not good. Has anyone ever had a set of Petronix burn up. Mine are fried plastic and melted wires. It Stinks.

The only thing I can think of that is different is I installed a new coil a month back. I've only run it a few times since then. The replacement coil was not an exact duplicate of the original. It is a black one from BusDepot. Are these different from the blue coils like my old one?

I am not sure of it is the Petronix unit, the new coil, or something else. Any ideas what went awry. Man that reaks. I can still smell that crisp electric plastic odor.

Ken Wyatt 82 fried going back to Points I guess. PS, Hiked up and skied at Alta today, AWESOME Snow. They got 40 inches this week.


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