A few off line requests about the part number. Here
it is...

This info is from the escribe archives as
provided by John F. I used the LU 142AP as described
and just trimmed the rubber grommet a bit with a razor
blade.

I ordered on-line at end of day from
classicgarage.com and had it the very next day even
with UPS ground.

>
> > I wanted to get to the information straight on
> which
> Pertronix
> > electronic ignition is right for the Amphi. My
> Amphi was
> > converted to
> > negative ground when I bought a Pertronix unit
> from
> a local
> > dealer.
> > He had told me that an LU 142A unit was correct
> for
> negative
> > ground
> > and an LU 142AP was the positive ground version.
> When I put it
> > in, I
> > had to use a razor blade to trim off a bit of the
> rubber grommet
> > that
> > goes through the side wall. No big deal and the
> system worked
> > fine.
> > Then, in this group, I heard that an LU 149 was
> the
> correct unit.
> > I
> > called Pertronix and found out that the only
> difference between
> > the
> > two was this chop of the grommet. I had them send
> me a grommet
> > from a
> > 149 unit to confirm this. They did. In fact it
> looks like the
> > 149
> > grommet is the same grommet only THEY chopped the
> grommet off a
> > bit.
> > I guess they decided not to spend the money for a
> separate mold
> > when
> > all you needed was to chop off a bit. Anyway, the
> correct one for
> > an
> > unmodified Amphi would be an LU 149AP. If your
> dealer doesn't
> > stock
> > that model, as mine didn't, just get, the more
> common, LU 142AP
> > and do
> > the chopping yourself. And if you run a negative
> ground car just
> > drop
> > the "P" from the end of the model number. The
> negative ground
> > units
> > are a bit cheaper also, although they're not too
> expensive anyway,
> > being about $75, and they work great.
> >
> > John Friese
> >


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