RE: Darned thing won't start...

[Joseph Bitterman <furyrestored@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had the same problem with my fury when i switched it to e;ectronic ignition after weeks of messing with it it was the box not getting grounded had to grind the paint off the firewall and  the rear of the box and still had to put a ground wire with star washers have never had a problem since!A friend converted his car over and was having the same problem i told him about the grounding of the box he said he tried and didnt do no good when i went over and visited with him we checked it out and he did not scrape the paint off after 5 min of sanding with36 grit to get a good ground he fired it
 up  and could not believe it i would definatly make sure the box has a metal to metal ground
--- On Sun, 9/26/10, Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Darned thing won't start...
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 10:09 PM
> 
> Correction: I meant 3 wire or two wire ballast resistor.
>                
>                
>        Rich
> Rich Kinsley wrote:
> > 
> > How about the starter relay? It almost sounds like a
> start/run thing. Is 
> > 
> > the neutral safety switch working OK? Try just
> grounding the terminal 
> > where the neutral safety switch attaches and see if
> that helps. 
> > 
> > Do you have a three wire or two wire relay? Check out
> your wiring 
> > diagram and you will see that two terminals will be
> tied together for 
> > starting position and then it will go through the
> ballast for run. You 
> > can check the ballast for continuity with a meter. You
> probably have a 
> > 1.5ohm resistor. I think that's what comes with the
> Mopar electronic. I 
> > ditched it for my old .8ohm and it works better for
> producing rpm's.
> > 
> > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> >
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> 
> > chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I need a bit of help here, guys. 
> > > My '64 Polara convertible won't start(sometimes).
> It's a 383 with mopar 
> > > electronic ignition. It's always been a little
> balky, but it just 
> > > refuses to go now. Last year it got a new Evans
> wiring harness 
> > > underhood, along with a new distributor and box.
> 
> > > Sometimes it would start fine, other times I'd
> have to bypass the 
> > > ballast resistor. 
> > > Now, with the resistor bypassed and the coil wire
> pulled and grounded to 
> > > 
> > > a header, it gives one spark when you turn the
> ket and one more when you 
> > > 
> > > release the key and that's it. I swapped in
> another control box and no 
> > > improvement. Went over all the grounds, changed
> the coil and wire and 
> > > still no better. 
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions? 
> > > 
> > > Mark 
> > > 
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
> 
> 
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
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