Suggestions for a new distributor - MSD doesn't have parts to repair mine.

[FElony]

  Guys remember to allways keep a couple of spare Potatos
in the trunk

Make sure you buy them from a ho.

Of course, that would be somebody from IdaHO. OMG, did I use a denigrating term? I must be rayciss. Apologies to all the potato farmers from that state. At least I didn't say spudfuggers. Cuz feelings.

[AlanCasida]

Nothing about MSD surprises me at this point. After my distributor died following 12 minutes of use I had to send it back for repair. It seems the module had failed, and I could hear a high pitched squeak when I rotated the shaft. They called to say they couldn't re-use the Crane melonized iron gear and asked for a new one.

I called Barry R who sent them a new gear. MSD now can't find the gear, but the new problem (9 weeks after I sent the distributor in) is that they don't have any shafts to repair my distributor, and don't know when they will. I suggested that it was unreasonable and they should just ship me a new one, and they said they don't have any new ones either.

I had put my old autolite distributor back on, but it had some issues and now it seems the shaft is jumping up and down in the distributor and cutting up the posts and arcing inside the cap.

Thinking I may need a non-MSD option here but there don't seem to be many good ones.

That is what happens when you pretty much become the only game in town. I have always ran Mallory unilites with no issues and it was a bad day when MSD swallowed them up.

[Heo]

A Duraspark is in my plans and trigger a MSD box with that

[FElony]

A Duraspark is in my plans and trigger a MSD box with that

No points, no condenser, and no potato. Bummer.

Anyway, I'm going to try logging out and logging back in. If you don't hear from me again, I've been banned for 6 to 12 months. Boo hoo. Try to stay out of a coma in the meantime. And Merry Christmas, just in case.

[jayb]

Anyway, I'm going to try logging out and logging back in. If you don't hear from me again, I've been banned for 6 to 12 months. Boo hoo. Try to stay out of a coma in the meantime. And Merry Christmas, just in case.

Now FElony, you can come down off the cross, no one has banned you 

[FElony]

Anyway, I'm going to try logging out and logging back in. If you don't hear from me again, I've been banned for 6 to 12 months. Boo hoo. Try to stay out of a coma in the meantime. And Merry Christmas, just in case.

Now FElony, you can come down off the cross, no one has banned you 

As a Catholic Latino, I am offended by you making light of our Savior's most painful sacrifice, which he endured for all our souls. Even yours, infidel.

PC is a bitch, ain't it?

[Yellow Truck]

As a Catholic Latino, I am offended by you making light of our Savior's most painful sacrifice, which he endured for all our souls. Even yours, infidel.

PC is a bitch, ain't it?

It isn't about PC, your problem is pride of ignorance. I avoid buying Chinese made products and absolutely won't eat any food that originates in China, but I don't need to use racial slurs to explain why. Civility is quality to be admired, ignorance and its frequent cause (stupidity) is to be rebuked.

It is worth noting that the highest quality electronics are also made in Taiwan, Korea, and China as well as the cheap crap that North American firms outsource to the third world. Place the blame where it belongs - on large American investment banks asset stripping formerly great companies and forcing them to relentlessly cut costs to satisfy "activist" investors. The Chinese didn't outsource American jobs to the third world, it was Americans.

[Yellow Truck]

Back to the subject of the thread - MSD. I got a call back from a very nice man who said that in digging deeper he had learned that they could re-use the same shaft as it had only been drilled once, and further that it had already been assembled and passed two extended tests at 3 to 4,000 rpm. To add to the confusion the repair group said that it had NOT had the module replace.

This is really puzzling - if it was good why did they take it apart? If they took it apart why would they put it back together with the same module? These were his points, and he professed confusion. He thinks that they did but it was so long ago that they forgot they had. I had a call from them asking for a new gear several weeks ago, and at that time I was told the module was bad.

We shall see.

[FElony]

As a Catholic Latino, I am offended by you making light of our Savior's most painful sacrifice, which he endured for all our souls. Even yours, infidel.

PC is a bitch, ain't it?

 ...Civility is quality to be admired...

Good, let's talk about civility. The Chinese, for the most part, are a disgusting people. Aside from eating pets and insects and god knows what, they use open holes on city streets to defecate in; they think nothing of squatting in front of anybody. Toilet paper? Uh, no. Their society is based on a hierarchy of corruption, from the bottom to the top. They have no regard for each others' welfare or safety, as evidenced by a multitude of videos showing loose children and infants getting squashed by drivers that do not stop, rampant daily muggings, and epic robbery levels. I guess when there's a billion of you, and you all look the same, then who cares about the individual.

Slave labor and human trafficking is status quo. Working conditions are severe. The elite care not about air pollution so thick you can wack it with a machete. "Businessmen" manufacture rice, eggs, and other "food" out of plastic and sell it to the poor. China leads the world in stolen technology and counterfeit merchandise. They have no regard for patents held by any one else. They build huge new cities with thousands of apartments that remain vacant while the plebes live 12 to a room. A few years back I had an acquaintance that went there under a tech contract for over a year. The crap he told me about what goes on over there was stupefying, and too graphic for even me to repeat here.

But you want to talk about civility? How about reality? They have more racial epithets for the white man than we have for them. They actually consider us beneath them as a culture, and not a one of them would hesitate to stick a knife in you to take your house and cars and money. And speaking of money, you have to be blind to not see that the Chinese government and banks are trying to manipulate and leverage debt so they can, as they proclaimed, assume the leadership in global economic and political affairs.

Civility my ass. Prejudice is a learned attitude. When you PC libs stop virtue signalling long enough to observe reality, you discover that stereotypes really have a basis in fact. Right now the white male is in the crosshairs of every other possible group on this planet, and I'll be damned if I'm going to rub their tummies and share my Jack Daniel's with them while they hone that blade behind my back.

And if you ain't a part of the solution, you're part of the problem. I've said my piece, and I'm done with this topic.

[GJCAT427]

I gotta agree with Alan, I been running Mallory Unilites for at least 15 yrs got one in my Harley shovelhead that keeps on ticking. One in the 56 F100 has been replaced but not sure what caused that to fail, it was out of service for serveral yrs while the truck was  being rebuilt. Popped in a new one and fires up. The one in the galaxie is all of 15 yrs and still pops off when started. anyone know the difference between the unilite and the e-spark modules? Could never get an answer from Mallory tech other than price.

[NIsaacs]

I installed one of these on my FE sled puller 2 years ago, I really like it.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/pnx-d133811/overview/make/ford

Nick

[My427stang]

I gotta agree with Alan, I been running Mallory Unilites for at least 15 yrs got one in my Harley shovelhead that keeps on ticking. One in the 56 F100 has been replaced but not sure what caused that to fail, it was out of service for serveral yrs while the truck was  being rebuilt. Popped in a new one and fires up. The one in the galaxie is all of 15 yrs and still pops off when started. anyone know the difference between the unilite and the e-spark modules? Could never get an answer from Mallory tech other than price.

Back when, RobbMc said they were all the same.  I cannot see the difference externally, but when I replace them, which is nearly never since Faron taught me about controlling coil voltage at the positive side, I use the E-spark or Accel points eliminator module, whichever is the cheapest, usually the Accel version.

FYI - if anyone decides to run one, two things.

1 - If triggering an MSD or other CD ignition, they almost cannot fail because they do not see any significant voltage.

2 - if not, care must be taken to keep power at the positive side of the coil at 12V or below.  That means firing the vehicle, letting the battery recover and checking running voltage, adding a resistor if required.  Mallory says this clearly, but not how, so it often goes missed. People tend to look at the red feed wire to the module, not what happens through the trigger wire when the coil collapses.  Mallory allows for 15V through the feed wire to the LED< it's tough, it's the backfeed from too much voltage that kills them.

[Yellow Truck]

I do really enjoy this forum. I like the fact that my questions are met with thoughtful replies even when my ignorance is obvious. With one exception the answers are thoughtful and take the subject very deep.

I'll try the MSD again when it gets back. If it fails I'll consider a Duraspark next. I did follow the instructions on the install and ran new wire from the ignition to the MSD box, so I don't have a resistor wire. I've never seen high voltage out of the old voltage regulator and alternator, so I don't think anything external caused it to fail.

If it fails again I don't see persisting with it as a useful plan. I did write to Faron to inquire about the price of one of his but I have not heard back from him.

[plovett]

As a Catholic Latino, I am offended by you making light of our Savior's most painful sacrifice, which he endured for all our souls. Even yours, infidel.

PC is a bitch, ain't it?

 ...Civility is quality to be admired...

Good, let's talk about civility. The Chinese, for the most part, are a disgusting people. Aside from eating pets and insects and god knows what, they use open holes on city streets to defecate in; they think nothing of squatting in front of anybody. Toilet paper? Uh, no. Their society is based on a hierarchy of corruption, from the bottom to the top. They have no regard for each others' welfare or safety, as evidenced by a multitude of videos showing loose children and infants getting squashed by drivers that do not stop, rampant daily muggings, and epic robbery levels. I guess when there's a billion of you, and you all look the same, then who cares about the individual.

Slave labor and human trafficking is status quo. Working conditions are severe. The elite care not about air pollution so thick you can wack it with a machete. "Businessmen" manufacture rice, eggs, and other "food" out of plastic and sell it to the poor. China leads the world in stolen technology and counterfeit merchandise. They have no regard for patents held by any one else. They build huge new cities with thousands of apartments that remain vacant while the plebes live 12 to a room. A few years back I had an acquaintance that went there under a tech contract for over a year. The crap he told me about what goes on over there was stupefying, and too graphic for even me to repeat here.

But you want to talk about civility? How about reality? They have more racial epithets for the white man than we have for them. They actually consider us beneath them as a culture, and not a one of them would hesitate to stick a knife in you to take your house and cars and money. And speaking of money, you have to be blind to not see that the Chinese government and banks are trying to manipulate and leverage debt so they can, as they proclaimed, assume the leadership in global economic and political affairs.

Civility my ass. Prejudice is a learned attitude. When you PC libs stop virtue signalling long enough to observe reality, you discover that stereotypes really have a basis in fact. Right now the white male is in the crosshairs of every other possible group on this planet, and I'll be damned if I'm going to rub their tummies and share my Jack Daniel's with them while they hone that blade behind my back.

And if you ain't a part of the solution, you're part of the problem. I've said my piece, and I'm done with this topic.

The guy telling the truth is "the crazy guy". It's pretty much always been that way. 

[Yellow Truck]

I have worked in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Kuwait, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Korea, and China. I've been to a bunch of other places where I didn't work.

The people I worked with were surprisingly similar in all of them. The countries and economic systems had issues, but for the most part people try to do the best they can. I've also seen xenophobia - there are ignorant racists everywhere - and corruption. I've seen poverty that is hard to imagine beside astonishing wealth.

I've made a lot of money, created companies where the average salary was over $250,000 per year where we have had zero turn over in 10 years. I'm clearly not a socialist. If you want to find out what is wrong with the world, don't look at the poor and disenfranchised for the cause. Look at the rich and powerful. Look at Wall Street.

I know, I used to work there.