I think I may have blown my Pertronix unit! I was messing with some wires under the dash and accidently touched a hot wire that is on when the ignition is on to some ground metal and got a spark. Didn't think much of it until I tried to start the car and it would not even begin to fire up. I pulled a plug, grounded it and there is no spark when I cranked the engine.
I checked that there was power to the coil and that was OK. I also put a grounded plug on the coil wire, disconnected the ground wire of the coil, turned on the ignition and then tapped a wire from the negative coil to the engine block. I got a spark at the plug so the coil is good. So...I think my shorting the wire that ran through the ignition switch must have fried the Pertronix.
I'll put on some points I have tomorrow to see if it runs but I don't want to run them for long since I don't have a ballast wire and it's a 40,000 volt coil so I'm guessing it would burn up the points.
Is there a way to "bench test" a Pertronix module? Who has the best price on these? I got mine 6 years ago for $60. Is it worth upgrading to the Pertronix II? Thanks for any advice.
I checked that there was power to the coil and that was OK. I also put a grounded plug on the coil wire, disconnected the ground wire of the coil, turned on the ignition and then tapped a wire from the negative coil to the engine block. I got a spark at the plug so the coil is good. So...I think my shorting the wire that ran through the ignition switch must have fried the Pertronix.
I'll put on some points I have tomorrow to see if it runs but I don't want to run them for long since I don't have a ballast wire and it's a 40,000 volt coil so I'm guessing it would burn up the points.
Is there a way to "bench test" a Pertronix module? Who has the best price on these? I got mine 6 years ago for $60. Is it worth upgrading to the Pertronix II? Thanks for any advice.