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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428 with 25 yo MSD ignition intermittent starting
« on: February 26, 2017, 07:41:15 PM »
Hey all. It has been some time, but got the MSD back, got some things worked out with other projects, and now not even a spark. #1 has nothing. Checking ohms, and learning........too  many projects. crap.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428 with 25 yo MSD ignition intermittent starting
« on: August 01, 2016, 06:01:39 PM »
We are sending the box back to MSD, hope to get that taken care of, they think that is most likely the problem.

Lenz, I have a 51 Forn 8N that is not starting right now as well. No MSD box there. Heck, 6v positive ground! I'll keep this up to date as things change.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: 428 with 25 yo MSD ignition intermittent starting
« on: August 01, 2016, 01:53:22 PM »
Here is a side note that cjshaker made me think of. The wire loom that is supposed to go to my tach fell out from under the dash years ago, (I never hooked up the tach, no money back then, and no knowledge of how to get the old tach to work with the "new tech"). Recently, it shorted, as the clutch was hitting it, and caused a bit of a fright and a bit of smoke on the floor of my car. Anything to do the problem? Did I cook something by causing the abrasions and then the short?

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FE Technical Forum / 428 with 25 yo MSD ignition intermittent starting
« on: July 31, 2016, 05:57:18 PM »
I have a 428 in a 69 Mustang that has been working fine for the last 25 years. A couple of days ago, my son ran the car out of gas about a block from our house. It did not start after adding fuel, plenty of fuel. We pulled #1 plug and wire out, and it had good spark, and the engine started right off. We shut it down, and replaced the plug and wire, and the engine would not start. We pulled #1 plug and wire again, and it started, put it back, and no start. Pulled it again, it started, and then it was replaced, and the car started with no problem. Drove it for a few blocks, and it stalled and would not start, (50 feet from where it ran out of gas)! Now there is no spark, an of course no start. Its getting fuel, and the coil, distributor and the ignition box is a MSD, M-12199-C301 that was sold by Ford back in the day.

We are thinking the ignition box or perhaps the coil? I have lurked here for a few years, and finally registered, so this is a first post. Many thanks. 

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