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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 24-June 11 From: omaha,ne Member No.: 13,238 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ok here are the pics of the car that I am going to buy. I worked on getting it running and I believe I think I know what's wrong with it. I wasnt getting any spark to the spark plugs. So I traced it all the way back to the MSD. I believe the MSD is bad but wanted to ask you guys for sure before I go and spend 300 bucks. There is a gold box to the right of the MSD, not sure what this is. I did check the transformer and I am getting voltage from there. I checked the MSD as per their website and from what I can tell its not providing spark. But what is the gold box? Wanted to make sure it might be something simple and I am missing it before I spent the 300 bucks. |
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rich herzog ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None ![]() |
The gold box looks like yet another CDI box, but it may be the power supply for some kind of points-conversion thing.
I don't like MSD's - had too many of them fail. However - they're only about $175 at Summit and FLAPS everywhere so don't ahop anywhere they want you to spend $300 for one. All you 'need' for a Kettering ignition system is points, condenser, and coil. The hookup on the MSD looks about right. the 'transformer' is actually a loading coil (half a transformer) that's used to trigger the tach. There are other, better ways to trigger the tach. Have a look inside the distributor and see of you've got actual points in there or something else - maybe an optical pickup and shutter wheel, maybe some kind of magnetic trigger. Where you go next depends on what we're working with. See if you still have a condenser attached to the dizzy. It might not be connected (not used with CDI) but we need a better idea of what pieces you have to work with. We'll get you spark, and then you can decide what 'modern upgrades' you want to progress to. |
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