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Originally Posted by bobkoure
I found myself in an auto parts store yesterday. Two people at the next counter (customer and shop person) couldn't decide whether points fired on open or close.
It's on open, of course.
The "old guy" part is that I was explaining how a battery/coil/points system actually worked, what a condenser was for, etc. - and afterwards realized that all the folks in the store had been born after electronic ignition was standard equipment on, well everything.
Maybe I'll go back and explain side valve engines or inlet over exhaust  (used to be a motorcycle mechanic and volunteered on Sat's at the local transportation museum) |
LOL, yeah I bet you also worked on the "Flathead Fords" too. I work as an automotive technician for the past ten years, and I've only had to deal with a points ignition twice, beleive it or not. It was an 85' Pony, and the other was a Chrysler something or other.
And, to answer the last guy about newer ignition systems are more reliable is actually the opposite. I find they are harder to diagnose, replace, repair and they are not as reliable as some people think. But then again, what is. I've replace ignitors, and modules on cars that were only 3 years old.