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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.
LOL Now who needs spell check? HAHAHAHAH
I said that "dwell" wasn't affected. You do know that there is a difference, right? Does that make the above statement 100% catagorically goofy? Or were you referring to my saying that it would take a long time for rubbing block wear to make an appreciable difference in timing? In which case the above statement would merely be lacking in accuracy and understanding. Man, this is like watching a liberal foist words into other people's mouths. I didn't say that I didn't have any point bounce, what I said was that I had no problems. And I believe that this may illustrate what everyone’s problem seems to be with this line of thought; you see, my point is NOT that points are a more precise or better way to trigger the MSD box. My point is that points are a reliable and still viable way in which to do this because most of us would never feel the difference anyway. Of course I know that your sensitive booty would pick up on those points in your distributor right away as you put on that second coat of wax!
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