Dead coil?
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I'd be leery of sending the unit back in for repair. I have a buddy who fried a 6A; MSD was very accomodating and offered to repair the unit for free even though it was out of warranty. Took a couple of weeks. He puts the unit back in; no worky. Frustrates the heck out of himself going through everything because he knows the MSD box has to be good; it's just been repaired, right?
Finally gave up and took his truck to a mechanic. The guy just hooked the stock ignition back up and everything was fine. Of course my buddy had to swallow a lot of ribbing about high dollar aftermarket parts. He ended up buying a new unit and was good to go. I think Greg went the right direction.
Will
Finally gave up and took his truck to a mechanic. The guy just hooked the stock ignition back up and everything was fine. Of course my buddy had to swallow a lot of ribbing about high dollar aftermarket parts. He ended up buying a new unit and was good to go. I think Greg went the right direction.
Will
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We'll see. Sounds like it could still be the coil, since my diagnostic technique assumed there to be +V at the +input to the coil if the MSD is on. I still think ithe MSD is the most likely victim with a short at the + input to the coil.
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Replaced the 6al with the new unit. She's running again. Gave me a hard time getting the timing back in place. Likes to backfire through the carb sometimes now??
Also , these Edel Chrome valve covers and the cork Fel-Pro gaskets are hard to seal. I keep getting oil all over my pretty headers.
Also , these Edel Chrome valve covers and the cork Fel-Pro gaskets are hard to seal. I keep getting oil all over my pretty headers.
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Originally posted by gtex
Replaced the 6al with the new unit. She's running again. Gave me a hard time getting the timing back in place. Likes to backfire through the carb sometimes now??
Also , these Edel Chrome valve covers and the cork Fel-Pro gaskets are hard to seal. I keep getting oil all over my pretty headers.
Replaced the 6al with the new unit. She's running again. Gave me a hard time getting the timing back in place. Likes to backfire through the carb sometimes now??
Also , these Edel Chrome valve covers and the cork Fel-Pro gaskets are hard to seal. I keep getting oil all over my pretty headers.
You might just have too much oil up top ... but with rocker shafts, too much might not be enough
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I really boogered up the valve cover gasket on the last install...straightened it out and it's better. I'm still going to order some of the newer style Fel-Pros, unless somebody reccomends another brand.
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