Re: MSD ignition

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Posted by rickyracer (IP: 63.11.217.49) on May 03, 2000 at 01:11:13:

In Reply to: MSD ignition posted by rxfiller on May 02, 2000 at 23:38:16:

:sounds like Murphy was your copilot. Been there, done that. And people still wire coils backwards too.

In the previous posts I may have mislead some of you about the cause of my ignition problems. It was not the fault of MSD it was pure stupidity on my part.

: When I rewired the ignition wires under the hood, I got overly concerned with how the job LOOKED that I didn't take the time to make sure everything WORKED before I taped up all the wiring to make it all neat and pretty.

: Well, turns out I have on of the MSD wires on the wrong solenoid post, and my wrap job made it impossible to see it came from the MSD box and not the harness I was installing.

: Here's where I blame MSD......on their schematics, they DO NOT show this wire! And it wasn't until I called MSD tech support that I figured out where the problem was.

: I have had no other problems with the MSD, and actually have been quite happy with it to this point.

: Sorry if there was any misunderstanding.

: As they say in aviation, this one was "pilot error"!

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: :sounds like Murphy was your copilot. Been there, done that. And people still wire coils backwards too. : In the previous posts I may have mislead some of you about the cause of my ignition problems. It was not the fault of MSD <with a little exception I'll note below> it was pure stupidity on my part. : : When I rewired the ignition wires under the hood, I got overly concerned with how the job LOOKED that I didn't take the time to make sure everything WORKED before I taped up all the wiring to make it all neat and pretty. : : Well, turns out I have on of the MSD wires on the wrong solenoid post, and my wrap job made it impossible to see it came from the MSD box and not the harness I was installing. : : Here's where I blame MSD......on their schematics, they DO NOT show this wire! And it wasn't until I called MSD tech support that I figured out where the problem was. : : I have had no other problems with the MSD, and actually have been quite happy with it to this point. : : Sorry if there was any misunderstanding. : : As they say in aviation, this one was "pilot error"!

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