The 'E' Type Forum

Does anyone on here have experience installing a Pertronix electronic ignition on a S3 V12? Need help...

Slight correction. A5 starts working after the motor is running. The others I mentioned never spark at all.

So we spent some time going over the ignition system and here is where we are at... As of last night, 6B, 5A, 2B, 3A, and 4B don't receive spark from the distributor. The distributor has a new cap, new rotor cap, new timing disk, new timing sensor, and a new coil. We have read that the ignition ampl...

Ok. We will check the resistance on the coil. The coil is the original. 33k miles total on the car. Almost everything is original...

The testing was done with all plugs and wires connected during startup and while running.

So we have an issue in that not all of the cylinders are firing. After doing a spark test with an inline spark tester, we have discovered that the following are the only ones that work. (LHD 71 V12, D=Driver side and P=Passenger side) B1-yes A1-no B2-yes A2-yes B3-yes A3-no B4-no A4-yes B5-yes A5-no...

New to the forum here, not new to E-types. Have an early model series 3 v12. (#37 v12 we believe). It has set in storage for 14 years, needs lots of tlc, and I will have lots of questions. (Sorry in advance...)