Has anyone ever had problems with the ignitor failing on a 1987 SPFI loyale and beyond.....the ignitor sits on the outside of the coil or distr. ..and if so, how difficult was it to locate another one...none of the parts stores have a listing for them...at this time I am not sure if Subaru does also...if the ignitor does fail, can it be by-passed from the computor so that the car still runs

had mine fail some time ago - had to get a used coil bracket to fix the car - they dont fail often, but it does happen.

 

cannot be "bypassed" to my knowledge - altho i think there have been "homemade" versions...do a search for ignition amplifier or "ig amp" or some other such variation...might find something useful