electric ignition vs points

If you do install an electronic ignition while having bad plug wires, etc., you are wasting your money. A lot of people use an electronic ignition as a band-aid to try and make up for poor maintenance, bad compression, etc.

Points are about $8. Need routine maintenance and regular replacement. Not as good performance as electronic ignition. Repairable. Quality of points tends to be very poor these days.

Electronic ignition has been proven time and time again since it"s introduction in the mid to late 70"s (at least OEM), but it isn"t cheap if/when it breaks. As for aftermarket electronic ignition, very expensive to purchase, very expensive to fix or replace, certainly if compaired to what you already have installed. Bet it"d be easy to find/scrounge up pieces for your existing ignition setup than to find for a new aftermarket setup in a few years, and certainly cheaper.

I guess it depends on you. What do you want? How deep is your pocket book? Going to race that tractor, or just use it around the farm? The choices are yours.

Allan

Points on the other hand will require perodic maintenance, but are cheaper to replace. And if they cause problems in the field you can usually file adjust and get going again real soon vs having to buy another $70-100 electronic ignition module. after being shut down for a while.
Think I will go with Ron and stay with points.

An electronic ignition for my tractor would cost more than 15-20 years worth of points and condensers. As long as high-quality points and condensers are available I'll stay with them.

Points work, must be changed and adjusted regularly, along with shorter plug life. They are cheaper and easier to repair. They keep the tractor original--is that important to you? I would agree--is the cost worth the benefits? Thats how i would decide.