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DEAD ON ARRIVAL, DOA Don't Ordinarily Acquiesce |
forrestkhaag |
Oct 24 2017, 09:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 935 Joined: 21-April 14 From: Scottsdale, Arizona Member No.: 17,273 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Out of the blue my recent 6 build died. Here are the facts as I recall them...
Early one morning recently i decided to drag my car to our place in Scottsdale to do some desert driving as I am sick of the traffic in OC. I started the car as usual and drove it to the back of my tow vehicle. I hooked up the towbar and aux. lights (no attached to the 914's electricals)..... As I made my way towing the 914 up the grade up on the I-10 outside of Redlands, the serpentine belt and pulley gave out on the MBZ and proceeded to leave me going 65 in lane 3 of 5 surrounded by semi's and other vehicles that did not want to let me get to the shoulder. As i muscled the no-power steering and no-brakes conundrum toward the shoulder, the car spewed fluids all over the windshield because, by this time, a piece of the pulley went thru the radiator and windshield washer resivoir trashing them along the way to a fried engine. I managed to get to the shoulder and calledthe car and A,.... then called AA then AAA............ Eventually Gomer and the flat bed showed up and picked up the dripping ML. He then headed back to Laguna while I prepared to drive the 914 behind him back home. POPwrrrrrwrrrwrrrrwrrrrwrwrwrwrrrr,... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) POPwrrrrrwrrrwrrrrwrrrrwrwrwrwrrrr,... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) Dead............Plenty of turnover but no spark / or should I say one spark then no spark.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) For the first time in 3000 miles+, the 914 would not start. Normally 1st crank and it explodes into a nice roar then back to idle... Not this time. Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Keep in mind, I drove the car to the back side of the tow vehicle quite fine. Towing it croaked it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) So I called AA then AAA again.... and low and behold, the same driver and truck came back to hitch my 914 to the back of the flatbed that had my toasted MBZ on it. Long story but a longer day on the side of the freeway........... Now the 914 is in AZ dead as a doornail. My pal Keith and I did much trouble shooting on the wiring / this,.. between the two transmissions that went into and one out of his car in the meantime. All leads from the MSD plug to the P.K. wiring harness (that has been flawless for the past several thousand mile of seamless spark) show continuity. the coil is good to go - as proven by exchanging Keiths with mine and mine with keith's... His car runs mine doesnt. We performed several Parts Classic tests to prove that the distributor is good and not fouled in any internal way. I replaced the 85 dollar little green wire (Pelican Parts... ridiculous (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) ) then replaced the coil wire with another MSD unit with the "Power Tower" to allow a standard coil to mate to MSD proprietary wire ends.... another (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) anyway,... One of the MSD Tech guys was a smartass smug dipsey doodle talking down at Keith and I - and the second guy from MSD Tech that both Keith and I talked to (Joe) was a complete professional in style and manner of presenting a few tests to eliminate the coil and the distributor (ahhhgen...) So my simple question for the folks out there is.. Has anyone with the MSD Digital AL6 experienced this kind of DOA mystery? the hills and mountain roads leading to the Grand Canyon are begging for an answer. The simple way to add a week to no driving is to pack up the box and send it to MSD for a test / and I will do that if no sage advice comes from this lengthy narrative.. but there is always the hope (unfortunately).. that one of you guys has seen this issue before me and can relay some sage advice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Attached image(s) |
forrestkhaag |
Oct 27 2017, 10:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 935 Joined: 21-April 14 From: Scottsdale, Arizona Member No.: 17,273 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Thanks for the advice guys / MSD has agreed to take the unit back and exchange it if it is the problem as it is less than a year old and I am the original (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) owner........ I need this fixed to get back to my addiction to the sound of a 6 (not Suby (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) ) winding up to 7K.......
Sidebar: Kent: Please see reference Temeculites in the post on where the Rt66 should be held next......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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Oct 27 2017, 03:05 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,502 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks for the advice guys / MSD has agreed to take the unit back and exchange it if it is the problem as it is less than a year old and I am the original (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) owner........ I need this fixed to get back to my addiction to the sound of a 6 (not Suby (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) ) winding up to 7K....... Sidebar: Kent: Please see reference Temeculites in the post on where the Rt66 should be held next......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I did. Please edit before any Wine consumption. I wasn’t sure what you were trying to communicate. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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