RE: [T3] Pertronix update

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

...and some of us are thinking "what a freak accident".

Did you get the Pertronix fitted?  It's either them or Compufire (maybe
both) that make a unit specifically for the FI dizzys but you gotta tell
them that's what you need.

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/

>-----Original Message-----
>...First, the magnetic sleeve for the ignitor sits too far down on the
dizzy
>shaft to maintain proper alignment with the pickup coil.  Mind you, the
>dizzy is the FI version, but there's little I can do about the fit of the
>sleeve...The coil actually
>melted down to the point where it expanded its case and sprayed oil all
over
>my engine compartment, at which point it no longer could provide spark to
>the engine (imagine that)...
>I know, some of you guys are probably thinking to yourselves "could've
>told you so...".

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