not to mention my kids have this terrible habit of shutting down with lanyard switch and not the key.
BBguy, did you make any progress with your trouble?
Not exactly true, had some burned up/arcked points and timing issues prior to changing. I still keep a set of points and the appropriate coil on board though
I'm having a similar problem with my setup on a 470 except that my coil actually burns out (X 2 ! 1.5 ohm coil with resistor in place and 3 ohm without). Did you make any progress?
I talked to Pertronix tech support (again) and all they could come up with was voltage spike from the alt...
Bt, that's what I'm thinking as well since I haven't had the problem without the alt. - it was recently rebuilt btw.
Eric, thanks for the info I'll check that meter out
I realize that its not the coil, but something causing the coil to burn out. How would the "percrapix stuff" cause this? And why only when the charging system is active?
Thanks, I did check resistance from the dist base to coil as suggested in that post and it is right on. When I talked to Pertronix tech they suggested the same thing.
First post, but have learned a lot from reading through old ones, thanks to the pros.
Have an 87 Stingray with a 470. Installed a pertronix with a 1.5 ohm coil, resistor wire still in place and tapped 12 v from the choke for the ignitor II. Boat ran beautifully last summer but I discovered...
