Re: ECU and Engine Miss Diagnosis

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

This distributor is the one from Mopar Performance.  It's installed in a '65 
Belvedere with a 440.  FSM won't work. 

Picked up this unit to replace the one that came with the Mopar Performance 
electronic ignition conversion kit and it didn't cvomewith an instructions set.  
Off Summit's scratch and dent shelf here in Akron.  That in itself should have 
set an alarm off in my head pointing to the guts being a potential problem.
 
Akron Don Gallimore



----- Original Message ----
> From: Joey <jake4@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 8:24:27 PM
> Subject: Re: ECU and Engine Miss Diagnosis
> 
> 
> I think .008, look in a fsm as they will have the gap. Remember also the bane 
>of a lot of old Mopars, the firewall plug, make sure the connections are good.
> Joey
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Gallimore" <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: ECU and Engine Miss Diagnosis
> 
> 
> > The coil is a new Blaster II coil and the wires are new 7.5 or 8 mm Taylor
> > wires. Both were installed in late August and have only been through two 
>races.
> > 
> > I will check the reluctor to pick up gap. I do use the brass feeler guages. 
>Is
> > it supposed to be set at 6, 7 or 8 thousand? Or does it really matter that 
>much?
> > 
> > As usual, thanks for the responses and any further responses I get.
> > 
> > Akron Don Gallimore
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 6:17:33 PM
> >> Subject: Re: ECU and Engine Miss Diagnosis
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Try a new coil.
> >> 
> >> Jimmy
> >> 
> >> On 10/3/2010 4:42 PM, Donald Gallimore wrote:
> >> > Last trip to the drag strip, I developed a miss around 2500 RPM and up.
> >> Engine
> >> > seemed like it was loading up but carb looked good - floats levels are > 
>right
> >> > and we changed nothing on the carb. This may have been developing for > 
>weeks
> >> and
> >> > finally showed up late in eliminations.
> >> >
> >> > I'm going to replace the cap, rotor, reluctor and pick up in the > 
>distributor
> >> > since they are relatively small cost items. Question is there a way to > 
>test
> >> the
> >> > ECU?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Lastly, any ideas on what (else) to check to eliminate the miss?
> >> > Akron Don Gallimore
> >> >
> >> 
> >> 
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