Re: Darned thing won't start...

[Joseph Bitterman <furyrestored@xxxxxxxxx>]

i would try the different switch you got nothing to lose but 5 minutes!

--- On Tue, 9/28/10, chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Darned thing won't start...
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 5:58 PM
> 
> 
> 
> The relay is grounded already as it's a 4-speed, but I did
> check it. 
> I have three wire resistor, stock, not the MP one. And it's
> new, as the original was in bad shape. 
> Already ground off the paint under the ignition box and
> even ran a separate ground wire from it. 
> I'm gonna pop in another ignition switch I have here and
> see if it helps. Then hotwire it if that doesn't work. 
> Someone asked if it was wired for a 4 or 5 pin box. It's a
> 4 pin. 
> 
> The most annoying thing is that it ran great last season...
> 
> 
> Mark 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rich Kinsley" <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:07:31 PM 
> Subject: RE: Darned thing won't start... 
> 
> 
> 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 
> ======================================================================
> 
> 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 
> 
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