troubles with ignition 123, Dead dizzy got me dizzy Options

[wbgoggans]

I purchased a 123 Tune-4-R-V-V distributor after hearing all the ranting and raving about it here (and on a few other forums). Using some of the detailed posts on this site, I was able to get my motor fired up on the stand with the 123 — but after less than five minutes of run time, while I was tweaking a fuel line, I suddenly heard the Bluetooth disconnect.

When I checked the distributor, there was no blue light and no green light under the rotor. I reached out to Ed at 123 Ignition, who was very helpful and suggested I send the distributor in for warranty repair.

Once Ed received it, he found that the board inside the distributor was completely dead. He replaced the board and shipped it back to me. I reinstalled it Sunday night and began statically timing the motor — and then after 10 minutes or so this time without even getting to hear my motor run my dizzy is dead with the same symptoms as before.

Ed has kindly offered to replace the board again, but after already spending $50 in shipping to and from Ohio and waiting two weeks, I’m not eager to repeat the process without knowing why this keeps happening. At this point, I have a $600 paperweight and no clear explanation and no hope that replacing the board again will give me a different result.

So, I’m hoping to tap into the collective brainpower of 914World to figure this out. I’ve already tested my coil and will be sending Ed photos of my run setup tomorrow.

If anyone has suggestions or ideas on what could be frying the dizzy, please let me know — I’m happy to provide any details or photos that might help diagnose the issue.

Thanks in advance for the help!

[Ishley]

I have the same distributor and it works great after 3 years. I have friends who run them on other car types too and it works for them.

One place to look is the log file. The 123 bluetooth version creates a log file on your phone every time its communicating with your distributor. The log file is in the "files" area on an Iphone and it contains some data points that might be useful. You can mail the file to your computer and drop it into excel if you have those skills.

Some of the data that might point you to the issue includes;

Date Time
Temp
Charging volts
Coil Current

There is more/other data.. take a look at it.

It posts data to the file every couple of seconds while connected. If your distributor is getting fried, this may point you to the solution.

I did a post about data logging a while ago...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry3224369


Just a thought.

[wbgoggans]

I have the same distributor and it works great after 3 years. I have friends who run them on other car types too and it works for them.

One place to look is the log file. The 123 bluetooth version creates a log file on your phone every time its communicating with your distributor. The log file is in the "files" area on an Iphone and it contains some data points that might be useful. You can mail the file to your computer and drop it into excel if you have those skills.

Some of the data that might point you to the issue includes;

Date Time
Temp
Charging volts
Coil Current

There is more/other data.. take a look at it.

It posts data to the file every couple of seconds while connected. If your distributor is getting fried, this may point you to the solution.

I did a post about data logging a while ago...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry3224369


Just a thought.

Thank you for your response. I have looked through the files section on my iPhone and through the 123 app and can not seem to find any data files. Voltage would have been very nice to see, but it looks like there's no luck there.