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Darth Vader
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Well I have been an out spoken proponent of keeping points and condenser ignition over an electronic unit if you are using your Healey for street recreation vice race. Today's experience is starting to make me rethink that. But I don't have the answer. I have always spoken that points on regular driver quality car are more reliable than the electonic unit. THAT'S IF YOU GET QUALITY PARTS. Which evidentially is not that easy to do anymore. I have had the same untouched points in some of my cars for over 7 years and they never gave me trouble. Today i was at The Glen and had a beautiful drive and a terrific day watching the Vintage Grand Prix. When I went to leave, just started my Healey and pulled up unto the roadway and the engine shut off. No Start, No Fire. After a little diagnostics I discovered that the condenser had shorted out. That condenser was just put in last summer and only had at the most about 1500 miles on it. The summer before that when I first put the Healey on the road after the restoration, I only made a few shake down runs with it and the rotor crapped out. Now that rotor wasn't the one that has been talked about with the metal tab that is prone to shorting, this particular rotor is one that I had in a box on the shelf for a few years. anyway it seems it is just poor quality stuff. I'm old enough to be retired and have run many cars with points and rotors and condensers and many as daily drivers back in the day. This Healey at this time is the only time in my whole life that I have had a shorted condenser and a cracked rotor. So where can you get GOOD parts? Are we doomed to unreliable junk or is there a source that can sell reliable stuff. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Dave.