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Old 07-27-2018, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
There are zillions of MSD boxes on the road, many of them have worked flawlessly for decades. Many, many of the reported failures can be traced to 1) incorrect wiring of the main RED and BLACK wires; and 2) failure to use the recommended high-farad capacitor. The latter not only buffers your DC voltage surges but cleans leaking AC coming from your alternator.
Patrick,
I've never heard of this capacitor being recommended. Looks like it cleans the dc voltage and eliminates noise. I don't have a radio, so noise isn't an issue. Will this help eliminate mag pick-up failures (I've had two), blown coil (literally), and MSD box failure (bit the dust after 15-yrs)?
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