 Fried Mallory Unilite Ignition Module..., Making my car faster by a light wallet |
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| Aaron Cox |
 Oct 9 2005, 03:18 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart  Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California  |
Car drove great yesterday. 80 miles round trip to brians engine party...., ran like a top. front oil cooler works great....rennshift is superb....
Hop in car today. Click the start....lights right up... handbrake is on. i NOTICE my handbrake warning light is spazzing... (on off realllll fast) i figure a dying relay (like turn signal relays fail...) pull out after car is warmed up.... drive down the street in 1st.... waaaaa oooooommmmmmm and decel to a stop. 1000 ft downhill from my house. I say wtf. pop engine lid.... and behold... POSITIVE battery terminal is off. Key is off... hook it back up. go to start car... and it cranks, and everything else works fine... Hyfirebox Diagnostic LED works... so the CDI is fine. blinks 3x when it sees switched + (ignition to ON) and is supposed to blink when motor is cranking (see's trigger from unilite and senses starter load) behold... no trigger signal from unilite. oh joy. checked all wires... used VOM meter to exhaust all possibilites.... NO SIGNAL FROM GREEN TRIGGER WIRE ON UNILITE>>>> oh boy..... lets see how much one of these cost..... i think herr mueller fried one also.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) just wanted to drive my f-in car to the store..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) im ready to say F U to the car...... |
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| Mueller |
Oct 9 2005, 03:24 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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bummer.....
mine fried due to bad wiring on my part.... $70 or so from Summit Racing for a new one. Do you have the "spike" protector on yours that I mentioned a while back?? Don't throw the modual away, it can be repaired. |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 03:29 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
no active power filter..... Repaired? century wants 90 for a new one.... fried a transistor?
mine never saw above 3V... |
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| Allan |
Oct 9 2005, 03:30 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Say it!!! But get it fixed... Bummer. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) |
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| DrifterJay |
Oct 9 2005, 03:30 PM
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I break stuff... Group: Members Posts: 1,034 Joined: 25-May 03 From: Oceanside, California Member No.: 737 Region Association: None |
if it makes you feel better, a tree fell on my car a couple of weeks ago.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 03:31 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
what IRKS me is that i *JUST* got the intermittant misfire sorted (
and it ran like a raped ape yesterday.... and today.. back to square one.... |
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| MecGen |
Oct 9 2005, 04:02 PM
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8 Easy Steps Group: Members Posts: 848 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Laval, Canada Member No.: 3,421 |
Hey Aaron
Unfortunatly your car did spike past 12+ volts. When a battery cable get loose, the voltage will spike very high, very fast. How much of that spikes gets back to the module depaends on, where and how it is hooked to the power supply. I have seen many old timer mechanics checking a charging system, disconnecting the battery when the car is running. This is playing Russian Rollette, with the chips in a modern day alternator. I imagine thats what happened if I understand that the cable popped off on the road, a capacitor will help. 90$ could be worse, you would figure that we would eventually get used to it.....goota love em Any ways, heres some positive Karma your way Later (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) |
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| bondo |
Oct 9 2005, 04:13 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
Be glad that thing broke and stopped your engine before your alternator diodes fried... Which is easier to change? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 04:20 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
ive been getting deal after deal lately..... so maybe this is karma (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
Miles said he ordered a hit on the module quote
Mike - how do you repair them? MecGen - a capacitor inline to the switched power to the CDI box/Dizzy? |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 04:20 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
whats more expensive to change... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif) |
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| Mueller |
Oct 9 2005, 05:03 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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after much reading, I am leaning towards replacing mine with a VR type instead of IR/LED
you have to figure out what fried...it's about $5 worth of parts inside if you replaced everything..don't you have some geeky electrical engineering buddies down there (Bondo???) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 05:08 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
or my dad... masters in electrical engineering... |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 07:18 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
new one on ebay...cheaper than everywhere else....
94 bucks later... how much lighter is my wallet? how much faster am i now.... ill fix the old one incase i fry this one too.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif) |
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| nebreitling |
Oct 9 2005, 07:58 PM
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Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
that fuching sucks dood. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
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| Jake Raby |
Oct 9 2005, 09:03 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,394 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
If it would have came from me I would pay for the replacement module.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif)
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 9 2005, 09:24 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
really? stupid car owner mistakes are covered? you got my business.... ill be ordering some decked 1.7 rockers and swivel feet from ya.... and pushrods i guess too ... soon Jake... |
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| Elliot_Cannon |
Oct 9 2005, 11:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
Man, I would really be pissed at the moron who didn't tighten the battery terminal!! Point him out and I'll kick his ass for ya. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
Elliot |
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| rhodyguy |
Oct 10 2005, 06:39 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,075 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 10 2005, 08:36 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
that would be me.... dont get a hernia while throwing fists...
yup.... as the led zep song goes "Nobody's falt but mine..." |
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| Tom Perso |
Oct 10 2005, 09:05 AM
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Crazy from the Cold... Group: Members Posts: 647 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Kalamazoo, MI Member No.: 1,003 |
Don't worry - I did the same thing to my Unilite. It's a mistake you only make once... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) Tom |
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