<VV> Condenser Failures

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

BobHelt at aol.com wrote:

> ...t maybe it would help if you described the nature of the failures. 
> Do they short or open or show physical damage?


Good point -- first one just failed (short). The next two seemed to be 
shorting intermittently, as in I could get spark for a few rpm and then 
it would start cutting out (no spark) -- used timing light to test.  No 
visible exterior damage, second and third ones were both NIB recent 
manufacture.

A handfull of websites of note and interest, perhaps --

http://www.britishcarforum.com/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Condenser+Failure+in+Conventional+Ignition+Systems

http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/ignitiontext.htm#condenser

http://home.mindspring.com/~purlawson/files/LucasPointsIgnitions.pdf

http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/condens.htm  (so you don't think I'm 
picking on Lucas)

Thanks for the reply. Bob,

Bill