mikeyfrano
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What you are describing happened to me and this is how I hurry rigged it to get my car home it was a poor connection at the bulkhead
68' RR WONT START
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Why guess? Follow these instructions for testing from MSD's site: https://www.msdperformance.com/support/troubleshooting_techniques/
mikeyfrano
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1st off does it then over and act like it wants to start but doesn't? Or does it not turn over at all ? If it turns over and acts like it starts bet doesn't then try what I said
Mstone68440RR
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I tried this when I got home today and still won't start.
Thank you, I will try this trouble shooting method out tomorrow and see what happens from there.
mikeyfrano
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Sorry it didn't work out for you
BeeKool
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This may be a stretch. But have you look at the distributor w/o the cap, while somebody else is in cab cranking engine over to make sure it's turning?
2 bad distributors? Totally possible but possible something else
2 bad distributors? Totally possible but possible something else
Don Gould
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Check the pick-up coil gap and make sure the mounting screws didn't come loose and open the gap to wide. The box needs to get a signal before it will fire. The Pick up is nothing magical, it's just a little generator the closer you are to the magnet the better the signal and the faster you spin it the more voltage. If it slipped you won't get a signal and it will quit just like you described. Anywhere from .008 to .012 and it should make enough voltage to trigger the box.
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