JoeOrangejuice
Junior Member
Re: TRANSPARK UNIVERSAL Ignition System problems
Here it is ten years later, 2020, and I found your post about the Transpark Ignition, Do you still have it in? I will copy and paste my commentary. I think the outfit that sold it to me was having complaints about it as he was short tempered with me the several times I phoned. Plus, they no longer sell the product.
I have had a “Transpark Universal Model “A” Ford Ignition” I bought the ignition ignition in my Model A in 2010. I am sure not knocking it because before installing the Transpark ignition, starting the car was a chore, now ZOOM! However, I have had some questions about it from the get-go. I had to file down the bump on the top of the rotor quite a lot to get the cap to be able to go on. Occasionally, I hear a tap tap tap from inside the distributor as the rotor spins. It has been about 2,000 easy miles and it starts great and runs very well. I was reading a Les Andrews book about Ignition Timing and he mentions checking the gaps between the tip of the rotor and the distributor body contact points. I did this and noticed that the tip of the rotor is riding a bit high and not spinning squarely past the distributor body contact points about 3/4 of the tip passes over the upper part of the contact points. I have made a drawing to show what I mean. Here is a question: Does the tip of your rotor spin squarely past the contact points or does it ride high like mine? I see that nu-Rex no longer sells this product and I am interested in other people's experiences with their electronic ignitions. Again, I am not knocking the product.
Here it is ten years later, 2020, and I found your post about the Transpark Ignition, Do you still have it in? I will copy and paste my commentary. I think the outfit that sold it to me was having complaints about it as he was short tempered with me the several times I phoned. Plus, they no longer sell the product.
I have had a “Transpark Universal Model “A” Ford Ignition” I bought the ignition ignition in my Model A in 2010. I am sure not knocking it because before installing the Transpark ignition, starting the car was a chore, now ZOOM! However, I have had some questions about it from the get-go. I had to file down the bump on the top of the rotor quite a lot to get the cap to be able to go on. Occasionally, I hear a tap tap tap from inside the distributor as the rotor spins. It has been about 2,000 easy miles and it starts great and runs very well. I was reading a Les Andrews book about Ignition Timing and he mentions checking the gaps between the tip of the rotor and the distributor body contact points. I did this and noticed that the tip of the rotor is riding a bit high and not spinning squarely past the distributor body contact points about 3/4 of the tip passes over the upper part of the contact points. I have made a drawing to show what I mean. Here is a question: Does the tip of your rotor spin squarely past the contact points or does it ride high like mine? I see that nu-Rex no longer sells this product and I am interested in other people's experiences with their electronic ignitions. Again, I am not knocking the product.
