Pertronix questions..

[tinmedic]

Thanks Charles. I'm going to replace my coil anyways so I will pick-up a spare.

[isaac_alaska]

Often the cheap replacement coils are just a touch shorter than original. Doesn't seem like a big deal... Except that the shorter coil won't rest hard on the bottom of the housing, which is where a good portion of the cooling comes from. It's worth the extra to buy an original or known good replacement.

[tinmedic]

I am going to grab a couple NOS.

[tinmedic]

Charles, look at this ad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390665250154?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

[MSeriesRebuild]

Charles, look at this ad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390665250154?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

No the one pictured is not an MV-161A, but is instead a 1569-N24. The 1569-N24 can be used, however it requires drilling in the original backing plate along with removal of some permanently mounted components on the plate in order to install it. It requires a good degree of expertise and know how as it must be installed exactly in the right location or issues with timing will result. When the MV-161A was introduced, that took all the installation issues out of it. We sold those years ago, prior to the MV-161A being offered, but with very specific installation instructions with illustrations. Also offered phone or email technical assistance.

By the way several other items pictured on this site are not correct either. One would think if a seller wants to offer a product, they could at least give correct photo ID info and description. These folks are all about a dollar, notice they offer no representation of the product and say if you have any issues, contact the manufacturer. We never offered these for sale until we installed and tested performance. It is the only way I could feel good about offering the product. No offense intended, but I can't help but ask; how come you didn't contact the seller when you saw they offered 2 products with the same part number? Obviously one had to be wrong. If you'll notice at the bottom of the seller's page, they have the same part number shown with a distributor, not even close to the correct one. This tells me they are all about a sale, but when it comes to offering any assistance or assuring a buyer gets the correct part, they don't have a clue, they even said "don't call us." Vendors like this get under my skin.

[tinmedic]

Many thanks for the info. I will purchase the correct one now.

[tinmedic]

No offense intended, but I can't help but ask; how come you didn't contact the seller when you saw they offered 2 products with the same part number? Obviously one had to be wrong. If you'll notice at the bottom of the seller's page, they have the same part number shown with a distributor, not even close to the correct one.

No offense taken. I actually never looked at the rest of the ad, I just bookmarked that listing when I saw that the part didn't match the other MV-161A listing I had seen. I didn't buy the wrong one, I was just surprised to see to different models with the same part number, one which turned out to be incorrect.