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Originally posted by fintstone
The reason that most folks have a Permatune is because their Bosch failed.
Acutally, I think a lot of people replace their CDI unit with a permatune as result of chasing ignition-relatied problems. Most, if not all, never put the OEM CDI back when it didn't fix the problem, after having coughed up $XXX for the PermaTune, and no parts house will take back electrical bits. They probably also deluded themselves into thinking the PT was a "known good quantitity" in their problem solving.

That's what happened to me. Luckily, I'm a packrat, and I had it saved in a box somewhere. My ignition problem turned out to be the wiring between the distributor and the coil. I wired that section, and my problems went away.
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