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fordor41 · 05-01-2021, 10:43 PM

I had Pertronix in my '41 forever. after a valve job it idled like crap. thought it was ignition
I had a spare pertronix and swapped it out and nothing. went back to my original and ok but lousy idle. contacted pertronix and they said send them back. a week or so later I received 2 new ignitor 1's. turns out my coil was way out of range for their ignition. I think my coil slowly went south but not enough to mess up the ignition but when I installed the spare it immediately burned out. other than that I've had great luck with Pertronix. FYI, the problem was a $7 PCV!

05-01-2021, 10:43 PM	#25
fordor41 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: elmira,ny Posts: 1,526	Re: Pertronix Nightmare I had Pertronix in my '41 forever. after a valve job it idled like crap. thought it was ignition I had a spare pertronix and swapped it out and nothing. went back to my original and ok but lousy idle. contacted pertronix and they said send them back. a week or so later I received 2 new ignitor 1's. turns out my coil was way out of range for their ignition. I think my coil slowly went south but not enough to mess up the ignition but when I installed the spare it immediately burned out. other than that I've had great luck with Pertronix. FYI, the problem was a $7 PCV!