RE: Another ignition issue

[Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nothing changed, so if the box isn't grounded, it did so on it's own. 
It's bolted to the firewall, but when I painted the engine bay I sanded 
the paint off for the box. At first I thought maybe vapor lock, but that 
wouldn't cause no spark. I realize that ANY component can fail, but the 
motor only has 2k on it and everything was new then, even the timing 
set. The motor spins fine, just won't fire. I will attack it again 
Tuesday when I'm off. Thanks for the suggestions guys. I am getting 11.3 
vols to the distributor, but I don't know if that's a significant 
reading or not. Also have that same voltage at both sides of the coil. 
Should that be the case?
Gary Pavlovich wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> The most annoying of auto problems, as you are encountering are usually 
> caused by simple glitches and are inexpensive/quick to repair.
> 
> I strongly suggest that you check your grounding of the orange box.  To 
> rule 
> out the ground problem, run a ground wire from one of the orange box 
> fastening bolts directly to the negative lead of your battery.
> 
> I would be surprised if this does not solve your problem or at least 
> rule 
> out one of several problems.
> 
> Let me know how you have grounded your orange box and where it is 
> mounted.
> 
> You may also experience vapor lock during hot summer days cruising; this 
> is 
> also an easy fix.
> 
> Gary Pavlovich
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Adams" <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:20 AM
> Subject: Another ignition issue
> 
> 
> >
> > I was sitting in traffic last Sunday waiting to get into a cruise-in.
> > The Polara was running about 210 degrees and started to miss. I barely
> > got it off the road before it died. Restarted once, then no spark. I
> > assumed it was the orange box (whole ignition was new 2 years ago) I did
> > the GM HEI conversion, still no spark, so I thought maybe it was the
> > distributor. The whole system was from Jegs as a set, distributor,
> > harness, resistor, and orange box, probably Proform. I swapped in an old
> > distributor, still no spark. I made sure the HEI was grounded. I'm not
> > very proficient at electronics, so I'm kinda at a loss as to what to do
> > next. How does power flow... from the car's harness through the coil
> > first? Coil is a 2 month old Accel. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Jeff Adams
> > 64 Polara
> >
> >
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> 



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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