Re: [T3] Distributor and breather box questions

[BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/05 12:20:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
russw@classicvw.org writes:

<< > I think Russ's '71 sat for many years, so his example really isn't fair. 
OTOH, 
 > we hear of many Pertronix failures within 3 years, which is much less than 
my 
 > points last.
 > 
 It sat from '85 until 2000. But the car fired up and is still running on
 those points. I drive the car approx. 4000 miles a year, so that is
 about 20K miles on those points since the car went back into service. >>

I'm not sure I put on as many miles per year that Russ does, but I'm still 
running the same set of points in my cars that I put in back in 98. On my Notch, 
I found that I needed to check the point gap a little more often than once 
every 5 years though. :D Mine had opened up a little, and was causing a slight 
rough engine idle. I guess I should check the wife's car one of these days. :D 
Last year I did have a German Bosch blue coil start to fail, but it was over 
15 years old, and it does still work, but it has a miss in the mid range with a 
load. I found it by swapping everything out the day before I left for the 
2004 Invasion. After I found it, I put the car back as it was, and put on a black 
t-3 coil (I had laying on the shelf) to get me around. It's still in place, 
and I loaned my blue coil to my neighbor, until he finds a coil to use in his 
t-3.
I think Toby said he had a pertonix fail after 3 years, but was carrying a 
set of points in his car to get him home. If I remember right, that was about 4 
years ago though. He's since gone to a CDI unit. I know the blue coils seem to 
die after a short amount of time too. I think the list figured out that it 
was a manufacturing materials related deal though.

Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof
       71 Square, now a 2 seat Roadster, pics can be seen at; 
http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2977 

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