Reply To: Electronic Ignition Options

For me, a ‘Powernition’ electronic dizzy that came with the car  failed and was irreparable and I ended up on a tow truck 🙁

The 123 that replaced it worked OK but had no vacuum advance so had ‘issues’ at times under some conditions. (The one I had on my 74 D Super wasn’t great either)

A brand new copy Ducellier mechanical dizzy for 65 euro from Renel transformed the car as with no wear on the shafts it keeps the timing correct once set.

I have considered fitting an Accu Spark unit in it and keeping the points and condenser so if it failed I can simply switch back, however a new quality Valeo condenser is only 3.33 euro from the likes of Autodoc https://tinyurl.com/y96r9652

A spare set of points, rotor arm, condenser and dizzy cap cost under £25 in total (less than the Accu Spark one) and that’s now what I have in the boot of the car ‘just in case’

Playing devils advocate here; I think that the majority of those who have fitted 123 units were replacing old, worn and tired mechanical ones, so the comparison was not a true reflection of the pros and cons of each (this has no reflection on the previous comments from Phil and Peter btw).

Oh and having the ability to manually retard the ignition from the dashboard means I could try the starter handle if the starter motor failed again (like it did in France 🙁 )

• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by David Faulkner. Reason: Added more detail
• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by David Faulkner. Reason: Typo fix