I posted a tread earlier about my 6 volt positive ground 55 ford the trouble I have with a pertronix ignition switch over from points to eletronic igntion. The support guy said find my receipt, we'll test your old unit and replace it with a new unit. Well I got my receipt and they shipped me out a new unit btw I don't have the loadamatic dizzy but the later model.. This unit fits this dizzy, according to the part number on my dizzy I did all my homework on their web site and made sure my part number was correct for my car. I . So I get the new unit (as they said it would be) installed it. It wan't as bad as I thought it would be. I paid someone to install the last unit at 65 dollars an hour. But, I still have the same problem, spark to coil no spark from coil. I even installed one of the lines directly into the ignition wire that runs to the coil. The ground wire or positive wire to the positive side of my battery again a 6 volt positive grd car, making sure I have a solid ground for the unit. again went out and purchase a new coil. Still no spark, I'm becoming a coil warehouse. Help!
Wired correctly? The polarity of the ignition system must match the polarity of the vehicle. On a 12v/negative ground system the power from the ignition switch goes to the + side of the coil and the - side of the coil goes to the dist. On a 6v positive ground system it is just the opposite. The wire from the ignition switch goes to the - side of the coil and the + side of the coil goes to the dist. Hope this helps.
i have some petronix. i wont go there again, the pick up units are to east to damage, one slight grounding or mis wire and you ruined it, wish i had my pionts back
I love Pertronix devices. Had one on my 39 coupe for over 26 years. Have one on my 32 for over 6 years. Instant starts every time. Just put one on my 56 Ford. You are right regarding the easy failure of the devices. I have a friend with a distributor machine try to set one up for another friend. Hooked up wrong, it instantly let the smoke out. Hooked up properly, I think they are almost fool proof
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