pics of the 72 as promised but I have questions |
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pics of the 72 as promised but I have questions |
superdad88 |
Jun 25 2011, 03:27 PM
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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. |
superdad88 |
Jun 26 2011, 09:19 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 24-June 11 From: omaha,ne Member No.: 13,238 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Would you mind restating that?: The MSD can be tested independently. Power on, intermittently ground the 'points wire.' You should make sparks. The points replacement can also be tested separately with a meter. That's how I checked to see if the MSD was bad. I didnt get any spark. |
Spoke |
Jun 26 2011, 09:50 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,992 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
Would you mind restating that?: The MSD can be tested independently. Power on, intermittently ground the 'points wire.' You should make sparks. The points replacement can also be tested separately with a meter. That's how I checked to see if the MSD was bad. I didnt get any spark. Where did you check for spark? Did you index the engine so the disty rotor is pointing to a spark plug? For my 2 cents, go to a Pertronix electronic points replacement and standard blue Bosch coil. This is relatively simple and works. Some say they fail if the ignition is on and the engine not running so I just avoid this situation. |
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