I'll 2nd that. I am without VW these days but still enjoy and "keep' snippets of VW wisdom from Marc, John and many others which I will read through when I get lost trying to solve problems on a not too distant VW project once again.
Thanks to all of you! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Souza, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:10 am Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Compufire ignition (was Carberator) To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> > Nothing really to add to this discussion, but it's good to see > you John > still on this list. I've seen you get roasted on other forums > and such, > and the little bit that I've delt with you in the past has been very > good, so I don't see why people get so out of hand sometimes. > Good to > know your still here to give advice! > > Thanks, > > Matt Souza > www.coastalcustoms.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:vintagvw- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Connolly, Aircooled.Net > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:52 AM > > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Compufire ignition (was Carberator) > > > > List, > > > > We have been selling the Compufire units for six or seven > years. About > > six > > months ago, Compufire went bankrupt and was acquired by new > owners. I > > won't > > bore the list with the extensive details, but the new owners are > > effectively > > Larry, Moe, and Curly, and have no clue on what they are doing. > > Apparently > > they thought it would be cool to own a new business, and are really > > learning > > as they go. Maybe they'll have a clue couple years, but right > now they > > are > > morons. > > > > We had so many issues with defects and them not knowing what > they sent > > out > > in what they received, that we finally wrote off the company and > > resumed > > carrying Pertronix, which we carried until around seven years ago. > > Ironically, we stopped carrying Pertronix van because the Compufire > > quality > > control was better, LOL. > > > > I cannot in good conscience sit here quietly and let people > think they > > are > > getting a decent product with Compufire (now), when this is so far > from > > the > > truth it's stupid. The most recent fiasco with Compufire was > that they > > installed the little magnets in the rotor wheel upside down, > so the > > units > > could not function. So you go to the headache of installing the > > Compufire, > > only to have it not work and wonder what else you broke. And > if you > try > > to > > contact Compufire to get a new magnet wheel, you get Larry, > Moe, or > > Curly on > > the phone and you're tearing your hair out. They do not care about > your > > situation, and they are to get your money. This is their > attitude,> which is > > why we dropped them like a hot rock > > > > Unless you are a glutton for punishment, at this point > Pertronix is > the > > only > > decent unit on the market which we can recommend. I strongly > > discourage the > > use of Compufire, or any of the other Chinese manufactured > copies of > > these > > points replacement devices. One of the main advantages of > Pertronix is > > that > > many of their units are available in six Volt versions, which > we do > > stock. > > > > John > > Aircooled.Net Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vintagvw site list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > John V. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
