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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Your still probably looking at 70-80% good.. and if theyve lasted that long your probably OK for a long while yet.. the things I saw would cause death in a year or 2. Keith > Mine have been in my baby since '94 or '95 and through both temperature > extremes w/o failure. So not all of 'em are bad! > > Toby Erkson > air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed > '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex sport suspension, 2.25" MagnaFlow > exhaust > Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ > > >-----Original Message----- > >I did a FA (failure analysis) exam on a pertronix recently.. NUMEROUS > design > >and quality control issues, which is why they only last 2 or 3 years... and > >my guess is there is a high instance of infant mortality with these. > ... > >> I heard good things about the Pertronix pointless ignition so I bought > one. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > </x-charset>