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Originally Posted by ERA649
Cobrabill,
If your car has gone thru 3 pick-ups something else is OBVIOUSLY wrong.Loose connection betweeen the wrench & the ground-maybe?
I know something is wrong but what exactly is it?
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I'll tell you my story with a few tips.I'd be driving along,(loaded & un-loaded)and the car would shut off just you turned the key off.
But as soon as i hit the key,she would light right back up.
This happened about 5 time spread over 2 months or so.Long enough spans prevent any aggressive troubleshooting.
Finally on a my way to a cruise night,it died and took a more than a few cranks to get it going.This happened about 2 blocks from my house.It should have been a hint for me to turn my butt around and head for home.(but,oh,no-not me!!)There's a cruise night happening!!I got it going and off to the show i went.
When it came time to leave,the car wouldn't start.So i flatbeded home.
I have to back up on you here for a second.At the time of this problem,the distributor was 4 years old and had about 4,000 miles on it.
So i employed standard trouble shooting techniques and discovered the lower magnet in the pick-up was cracked.And i also discovered that a little piece of"crap" was under it and acted as a fulcrum breaking the magnet.So the broken magnet operated o.k. for those 4 years but eventually the viberation widened the gap and the magnetic field went away.Hence the ride on the flatbed.
I cleaned everything,lubed everything the way it's supposed to be and replaced the pick-up.
Now here is a disclaimer:I have no recollection of gapping the p/u as others here have stated needs to be done.That doesn't mean i didn't do it.Anyways,it fired on the first crank and has been fine since.
To your problem:This is like a doctor diagnosing your illness over the phone.But here goes:
Verify that it does indeed need to be gapped.
Make sure the interior of the dizzy is sanitary.
Proper lubrication
Make sure there are no cracks/chips(what have you) in the pick-up
What about grounding issues?
And the first thing i would do is call MSD.And if there is a NHRA event near you,go to it and find the MSD trailer.Those guys are the real brains and will be able to answer ANYTHING you ask them.
I hope this helps.