TCI, (black box) repair

[newmaac]

I have seen posts on the list, from time to time regarding people trying to fix a broken TCI unit.
Tonight on Ebay, I came accross an ad for someone offering a service, to fix your broken unit, instead of buying a new(used) one.
I don't know anything about him, or his service, but I thought it might be of interest to someone in our group.
He claims to be able to fix ANY broken TCI for $25.

Check it out if you are interested. Here is the Ebay #
4511578253
Not me, no interest, yadda, yadda.......

[don07tncav]

I saw that ad also and wos wondering if it was one of the forum members.

[randy]

Guys, that was me.

Randy

[UncleSpot]

TCI

....my shop manual is at my shop, and I keep on forgetting to look up the TCI and find out exactly what the H*** this thing IS and DOES... please fill me in - I bet there are others here that haven't a clue either...
Thanks, Ron (UncleSpot)

[xssiveone]

TCI I believe stands for Transistor Controlled Ignition or something similar. In any event, it is the proverbial "Black Box" that is very similar in price to that "unobtainium" stuff.

[jeffe]

Not to make anyone feel bad. I bought a used TCI unit for $25 plus $10 shipping from E bay. Swapped it for the old one and it works fine. I now have the original in an airtight container with some packets of silica gel. Got really lucky. For $35 total had to take a chance.