<VV> no fire petronix

[Bob Gilbert]

Hi Cliff,
The rotor is in although I did check it as once, in another life I did
actually forget to reinstall it! Oops!

I checked the air gap too as it looked a little close and I wondered if I
had perhaps not tightened the stationary unit properly and then knocked it.
It was set at .025 so I reset it to .030 but I don't know how sensitive the
unit is to the gap. The Pertronix web site only says "approximately .030".

I am going to check the spark at one of the plugs next.
Regards,
Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Cliff Tibbitts
Sent: July-10-12 8:31 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> no fire petronix

Bob, if it turns out not to be as obvious as a missing rotor check the air
gap on the petronix unit.  I don't know how they move but they do.  I had a
similar problem with an engine I was running on the bench.  It  ran well
several times, possibly as many as 2 hours of bench time over a three day
period then one day, nothing.  After checking everything else, out of
desperation, I checked the air gap and the stationary unit had moved.  I
seem to recall it needs to be about .030".  good luck

Cliff Tibbitts
Lexington, KY

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