[tcb] Re: Well crap (burning coils?)
- From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:14:55 -0500
Confirmed. Replaced the coil. Cranked up and drove away. This is
strange.
G2
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:45:11 -0400 (EDT)
theresabuckner@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I feel coils are mostly bullet proof , or at least tuff . I have had
> 1 coil go bad in 40 + yrs I bought maybe 1 or 2 ever .
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, Mar 28, 2014 3:18 am
> Subject: [tcb] Well crap (burning coils?)
>
>
> What would cause coils to go out ... repeatedly?
>
> I cannot be absolutely certain that is what's wrong this time because
> it is 3am and raining and I'm not walking BACK to where I left the bus
> (in a customer's parking lot about 1/2 mile from here) and putzing
> with it in the dark.
>
> When I was having the strange "firing out of time" issue it cleared up
> by replacing the MSD Blaster coil that was in there with the old one I
> had taken out when I installed the MSD.
>
> That was mid January. At the end of February the bus quit starting
> again. I went to AutoZone and bought another coil. It is clearly
> labeled USE WITHOUT EXTERNAL RESISTOR. I added a ballast resistor
> anyway just in case something was burning up coils.
>
> Well, that one went out (it would appear to have anyway) a couple of
> hours ago. I'll replace it some time today and see if it gets me
> running again and will update this thread.
>
> Until then, what could cause failure of multiple coils?
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
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