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possible MSD disaster, could I have fried my ignition |
moneysmarts |
Mar 8 2020, 08:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Central Massachusetts Member No.: 1,745 Region Association: None |
Thought I'd get geared up for the spring
New plugs, rotor, cap, wires, and Bosch Blue coil. All installed, nice and neat, fired up the engine, ran fine for 60 seconds....then dead. No spark at all. Put all the old stuff back, still no spark. Is my new coil not compatible? It's the same part number as the one I've been running for 10 years. Did I smoke the MSD 6AL? Please advise |
Retroracer |
Mar 8 2020, 10:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 7-July 13 From: Bend OR Member No.: 16,100 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Some thoughts on things to check:
1) the MSD 6AL has a LED which can aid in diagnostics; pull up the instruction PDF and see the options listed; this has helped me in the past 2) I've read that the MSD boxes are unhappy with solid core plug wires; were your fresh new wires solid core? Unclear on the failure mechanism that results, whether coil or MSD box would suffer (or both) 3) check basic +12V battery and switched connections with a DVM or tester to make sure no connections were corrupted (and a solid GND connection from the MSD box too) hope this helps..... - Tony |
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