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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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I should have listened to my Tom Selick voice (the little voice in your head that tells us not to do something but we do it anyway)I bought one of those Accel Distrib moduels#35361 $49.99 + Tax and low and be hold I go by a super looking C-6 we stop at the light , the light goes green I pull out hes in behind me all the sudden my 75 just stalls out oh yea spark no longer present (Im right by a fire station so I pull in like I meant to, pull around back and of course gas but no spark. Get A ride home get the old part (now33 yrs old )take my DD back to the fire station put the old mod back in fires right up. take the part back to Autozone no warranty and nothing they can do for me ,not there fault I bought the thing without checking the Warranty first. anyway the point Im making is
" IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT"
I Will NOT BE BUYING ANY MORE Accel products.
Hey If anybody has this in there car keep A SPARE
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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Yep, mine crapped out 2 mos ago, same thing, was at the light waiting, and poof, no warning, nothing, just died. one block down was the entrance to the tunnel . pushed the 3400lb car to a parking spot- in front of a closed fish market- ask me how i know, footed it to autozone before it closed. Put in an stock cheapo and it fired right up. Now running a MSD w/rev limiter. Acell anything is junk these days.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Lon Wayne
I should have listened to my Tom Selick voice (the little voice in your head that tells us not to do something but we do it anyway)I bought one of those Accel Distrib moduels#35361 $49.99 + Tax and low and be hold I go by a super looking C-6 we stop at the light , the light goes green I pull out hes in behind me all the sudden my 75 just stalls out oh yea spark no longer present (Im right by a fire station so I pull in like I meant to, pull around back and of course gas but no spark. Get A ride home get the old part (now33 yrs old )take my DD back to the fire station put the old mod back in fires right up. take the part back to Autozone no warranty and nothing they can do for me ,not there fault I bought the thing without checking the Warranty first. anyway the point Im making is
" IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT"
I Will NOT BE BUYING ANY MORE Accel products.
Hey If anybody has this in there car keep A SPARE
Mine was a Pertronix coil & module I installed a few years ago. It ran fine for a few miles then it would give me problems once in a while. Car starts misfiring and sputtering sending smoke out the back. I was like "WTF!!!". Somehow during this time of panic and confusion I rolled thru a stop sign that I never saw and got a ticket!!! I went back to the almost 30 year old GM parts and she has been running like champ ever since.

-Mark.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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did you use dielectric grease ???
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Yep used the grease alright for what good it does where does it go when you tighten the screw down? right out the side I should make up a piece of silicone the same size and cut it fit.
Hey update called Accel In Cleveland and they said its under Warranty take it back found my Recipt and the guy at the Autozone took my old one and gave me A new one. (Anybody want it it aint goin in my car).Im going to see if I can buy uo to some Plug wires Msd of course no more Accel for this Guy.
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