Tech Questions/Advice

71219 Crane XR3000 [junkmail] (Wed Oct 24 22:42:26 2001)
   71220 Re: Crane XR3000 [carlf] (Thu Oct 25  3:54:11 2001)
      71227 Re: Crane XR3000  + the right coil [allenlofland] (Thu Oct 25  6:13:42 2001)
         71237 Ditto Allen... [BobC] (Thu Oct 25 11:41:11 2001)
Message#: 71219
Subject: Crane XR3000
From: viet nguyen [junkmail] (junkmail10000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 24 22:42:26 2001
Replies: 71220 
was thinking about installing one.

what's the word on this ignition thingimabob?  who's got one?  
any downsides?  was checking out the crane website; is the 3000 
kit all you need, or are the other accessories (optical trigger, 
coils, mounting kit) necessary for an installation?
Message#: 71220
Subject: Re: Crane XR3000
From: CARL FRIEDMAN [carlf] (carl.friedman@uspto.gov)
Date: Thu Oct 25 3:54:11 2001
In-Response-To: 71219
Replies: 71227 
viet nguyen wrote:
: was thinking about installing one.
: what's the word on this ignition thingimabob?  who's got one?  
: any downsides?  was checking out the crane website; is the 3000 
: kit all you need, or are the other accessories (optical 
trigger, 
: coils, mounting kit) necessary for an installation?

I have one on my spider and it works just fine.  The kit is 
comptlete, there is nothing additional you need.  I assume you 
are converting a dual point distributor? 

Carl
Northern Virginia
80 spider (40 IDF,again) 



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Message#: 71227
Subject: Re: Crane XR3000 + the right coil
From: Allen Lofland Wichita KS [allenlofland] (allen@lofland.net)
Date: Thu Oct 25 6:13:42 2001
In-Response-To: 71220
Replies: 71237 
I would recomend you order Cranes coil for this unit. I have two 
Cranes and the stock coil is wrong for the crane, Also the Bosh 
Blue coil ids Wrong for the crane. Read there info on the web. 
Also you might notice that you can order direct and save a few 
bucks. Great product. \Several times I have yelled and screamed 
at the Crane ingition for failing , just to find out it was 
something else :)  I like the 3000 over the 700 but of cource it 
cost more. If you have a 78 dual point remember you have no 
external resistor. But the 3000 with the crane coil is the best 
route,  my 2 cents

Allen Lofland #35.7  Wichita Kansas  USA
God Bless America
http://www.lofland.net/
78 Black Spider Son's Good Weather Car
78 Brown Spider Mom's Good Weather Car
77 Gold Scorpion DAD's Toy,restoration started
Message#: 71237
Subject: Ditto Allen...
From: Bob Cole (Colorado, USA) [BobC] (bycole@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Oct 25 11:41:11 2001
In-Response-To: 71227

The XR3000 with Crane coil has been working great in my '75, and 
was an easy install. The combination of the printed instructions 
and Crane's website tell everything you need to know for the job.
Good luck!
Bob Cole
Original owner - 1975 124 Spider
Louisville, CO
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