Msd shorting

[Andrew]

Hey Guys.
Had my Coronet running fine for a short time, and suddenly shut off. Turned out to be the magnetic pickup trigger inside the MSD 6al. Had it repaired and 10 minutes after I had it running it suddenly shut off again. Tested the box, same issue. The white wire (points trigger) still would fire the box, but the purple and green would not. I saw a post from 2010 with the same problem, but no answer. Any ideas? Motor is well grounded with battery cable to the frame.
Thanks

 

[kiwigtx]

Make sure your reluctor gap is correctly set - think 8-10 thou was the measurement. If the reluctor or pickup plate are moving around, you will have problems. I found out after much trouble, that I had a bad distributor. Replaced with an Accel unit and problem solved.

 

[Andrew]

I will check that. it's a new firecore distributor. but I will take a look. what problem did you have? was your box shorting out also?

 

[kiwigtx]

No, mine was a non-starting issue, and irregular cut-out at the worst possible time. Crappy MoPar look-a-like distributor made of Chinesium.