Mike, the distributor had some kind of issue, apparently when it was grounded to the engine it malfunctioned. Great spark when out of the engine and turned by hand. Pretty simple device-magnetic pickup with 2 wires going to it. When I replaced it with the new MSD, problem solved. The bonus is: eliminated the ballast resistor, idles better, seems to run better at high rpm-short burst anyway. T
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We still want to know what was wrong!
Mike
You may remember a few weeks ago I had an ignition puzzle: no fire with the distributor in the engine. Turn the distributor by hand it would lite you up (painfully). New Mopar distributor and orange box. Rewired, grounded everything direct to the battery same results. Bought a new MSD box, same results. Finally just bit the bullet and ordered a new MSD distributor and wires. Lit right off. I’m just glad Summit had them on sale, saved me $100. Ordered 11:30 Thursday, on my front porch Friday night, and they paid the shipping.
Anyway, wanted to put this out there if anyone has a similar problem. Not real high on Mopar “licensed” products right now.
Thanks for all of the suggestions on diagnosing, I’m grateful for everyone’s input.
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