Ignition shield liner
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Ignition shield liner
Has anyone ever experienced an intermittent ignition problem because their IGNITION SHIELD LINER was missing? My liner on the top cover is missing and once in a while I have an intermittent misfire. I have new wires, cap, rotor, etc. By the way, this is on a 1966 427/390 car with stock shielding. As I indicated, the problem is intermittent. when I removed the top cover and drove the car it seemed fine. But the problem may or may not show itself at any given time.
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Has anyone ever experienced an intermittent ignition problem because their IGNITION SHIELD LINER was missing? My liner on the top cover is missing and once in a while I have an intermittent misfire. I have new wires, cap, rotor, etc. By the way, this is on a 1966 427/390 car with stock shielding. As I indicated, the problem is intermittent. when I removed the top cover and drove the car it seemed fine. But the problem may or may not show itself at any given time.
Yep, sure have!! But mine wasn't intermittent, showed up after I had run my car for a short time without the SS ignition shield installed. When I put it back on, wouldn't start. Removed the cover, started fine. Then I found the inner cover was gone, a burned spot where current was leaking to the cover. A new liner and two plastic rivets from LIC cured the problem.
Correctomundo!! The liner is there for a purpose!!
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Yep, sure have!! But mine wasn't intermittent, showed up after I had run my car for a short time without the SS ignition shield installed. When I put it back on, wouldn't start. Removed the cover, started fine. Then I found the inner cover was gone, a burned spot where current was leaking to the cover. A new liner and two plastic rivets from LIC cured the problem.
Correctomundo!! The liner is there for a purpose!!
Correctomundo!! The liner is there for a purpose!!
Thanks Ron,
As I thought, it is there for a reason. Going to order it and install and we will see. Some say to use nylon rivets to install, I don't see how that works, no holes. I guess just use silicone?
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There may have been a thread here as well, you might try doing a search (if it works
), should be 6 months to a year ago as I recall.Edit: Here's a link to LIC's page, I don't see offhand where there was an ignition shield without the holes, although they do show some differences. http://www.licorvette.com/pdfcatalogfiles/cat/30.pdf Maybe someone with a little more knowledge will choose to share it with us!!
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Mine had a couple of small holes in the top of the shield for the small rivets. When I got into doing mine, I also found out there were several (maybe 5 or 6) variations of the mid-year ignition shield, don't remember what the exact differences were, but I'd check LIC catalog to see if they may list them. I believe that's where I wound up ordering my liner from.
There may have been a thread here as well, you might try doing a search (if it works), should be 6 months to a year ago as I recall.
Edit: Here's a link to LIC's page, I don't see offhand where there was an ignition shield without the holes, although they do show some differences. http://www.licorvette.com/pdfcatalogfiles/cat/30.pdf Maybe someone with a little more knowledge will choose to share it with us!!
There may have been a thread here as well, you might try doing a search (if it works
), should be 6 months to a year ago as I recall.Edit: Here's a link to LIC's page, I don't see offhand where there was an ignition shield without the holes, although they do show some differences. http://www.licorvette.com/pdfcatalogfiles/cat/30.pdf Maybe someone with a little more knowledge will choose to share it with us!!
Yesterday was a beautifully day here in SW Florida so I took the car our without the cover again and no misfires, and it ran great. I will use clear silicone and fasten to see if my intermittent problem is solved.
Thanks for your help.
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Thanks again Ron. I used your LIC link to look at the big block top cover and it doesn't show any holes. My car is a 390 HP car, so that is correct.
Yesterday was a beautifully day here in SW Florida so I took the car our without the cover again and no misfires, and it ran great. I will use clear silicone and fasten to see if my intermittent problem is solved.
Thanks for your help.
Yesterday was a beautifully day here in SW Florida so I took the car our without the cover again and no misfires, and it ran great. I will use clear silicone and fasten to see if my intermittent problem is solved.
Thanks for your help.
I didn't realize yours was a big block, mine are all small blocks and I gave you the small block page.Glad you're able to find out about your particular situation!!
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