Sick Pertronix?

[dman]

In the past week or so my car has developed an ignition problem. It starts and runs great but periodically looses ignition, most of the time it is instantaneous but sometimes momentarily. Temperature seems to be a factor, as the engine gets warmer it is more prevalent. I have thoroughly checked all ignition wiring finding nothing. I am suspecting my Pertronix unit, any other thoughts? It is a 2.0 carbed motor. Thanks

[HMeeder]

I have had 2 different ignitors in my car over the past year and both manifested the symptoms you speak of.

Don't change anything on your car except put points back in. If the car runs fine, then it probably is the unit.

I yanked mine and have been running points ever since. I have had other problems, but that one never recurred. When I can save enough pennies, I'm going MSD. I've heard from a couple people that is the hot ticket.

[sammyg2]

The pertronix is a good unit, but it does have at least one design deficiency that I know of.
The wires go through a rubber grommet in the dizzy and the wires are loose in the grommet. Any tension on the wires will pull them and they will move until they contact the rotating asembly in the dizzy. The wires are kind of fragile and they can develop intermittant shorts. My solution is to put a dab of silicon RTV o the wires where they go through the grommet, This keeps them where I want them.
Oh, one other thing to check:
make darn sure your dizzy is fully and completely seated in the hole. I have seen them where the egagement tooth is barely in there and they will jump time temporarily. The engine dies, and then after some cranking the rotor gets re-seated and starts right up again. Frustrating as all get out.

The best thing about Pertronix (besides the price) is that they have a very liberal warranty policy. If you have a bad unit, chances are they will give you a brand new rerplacement no matter how long you have had it. They are in San Dimas Ca. I think.