hei coil
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2000
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From: CT
Re: hei coil (terry82)
who made the distributor?
i think the coil can slowly go bad. i had be advised to change mine even tho the car still ran. tho it wasnt running that great.
[Modified by QuickVet, 7:50 PM 8/19/2002]
i think the coil can slowly go bad. i had be advised to change mine even tho the car still ran. tho it wasnt running that great.
[Modified by QuickVet, 7:50 PM 8/19/2002]
Instructor
Joined: May 2002
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From: Parker TX
Re: hei coil (terry82)
I have had several "coil n cap" coils go bad. Just cruising along at 3500 RPM or so, then backfire through carb and dead coil. I believe they overheat and open up dramatically. Very frustrating. I always carry a spare.
I intend to rectify my aftermarket MSD HEI distridutor situation as soon as I get back to the states.
:cheers:
From Bahrain
Desert Rat (for now) :flag
I intend to rectify my aftermarket MSD HEI distridutor situation as soon as I get back to the states.
:cheers:
From Bahrain
Desert Rat (for now) :flag
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Joined: Jun 2001
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From: The Only Corvette in Gila Bend, Az.
St. Jude Donor '09
Re: hei coil (riorata)
I have had several "coil n cap" coils go bad.
Desert Rat (for now) :flag
Desert Rat (for now) :flag
P.S. Hi Desert Rat :cheers:
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From: Quincy IL
Re: hei coil (Desertdawg)
i just went thru a frustrating experience with this. my vette would start sometimes and sometimes not. I have a rebuilt distributor from Accel, 2 yrs old, and i took the ignition module to Autozone to test it, they ran it for about 5 minutes, no problem. so i test the pickup coil, and the pink wire to the distributor and everything is fine. the ignition coil itself was giving various readings, so i took it to another parts place and they tested it several times and thought it was not good. so i bought a new one,$30, went home,put everything back together and NO GO !!. in frustration i dug the old distributor out of the attic and wiped off the GM ignition module,put some dielectric grease on the bottom of it, installed it and VROOM!! runs like a top, that was last Thursday evening,drove it all weekend, no problems. So I'm going to run the 24 yr old ignition module with the GM logo on it til it drops.
