| Re: [GMCnet] A quick fix [message #84384] |
Thu, 13 May 2010 10:45  |
KB
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Ok dumb question here: what are the symptoms when a distributor module fails?
thanks,
Karen
> Just spoke with Jeff Sirum and his Modules are made here in the USA.
> Besides Heat and Plug gap, what else could have contributed to this failure? The failed module was made in HK.
> It sure happened quickly, glad I was in the yard and not on the road.
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| Re: [GMCnet] A quick fix [message #84388 is a reply to message #84384] |
Thu, 13 May 2010 11:25  |
shawnee
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| KB wrote on Thu, 13 May 2010 11:45 |
Ok dumb question here: what are the symptoms when a distributor module fails?
thanks,
Karen
> Just spoke with Jeff Sirum and his Modules are made here in the USA.
> Besides Heat and Plug gap, what else could have contributed to this failure? The failed module was made in HK.
> It sure happened quickly, glad I was in the yard and not on the road.
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Karen,
When mine failed the engine quit and would not start.
Gene Dotson
74 Canyonlands
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| Re: [GMCnet] A quick fix [message #84391 is a reply to message #84384] |
Thu, 13 May 2010 11:44 |
Oldngray
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With mine, I drove in in the driveway, running normal, very smooth idle. shut it off and washed it (love bugs), next day when I tried to start it there was no spark.
Jeff Sirum mentioned that normally, they are like a light bulb, on and off. Others have differing symptoms.
Richard MacDonald
Punta Gorda, Florida
Sold our TZE April 2015
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| Re: [GMCnet] A quick fix [message #84447 is a reply to message #84384] |
Thu, 13 May 2010 20:26 |
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mike miller
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| KB wrote on Thu, 13 May 2010 08:45 |
Ok dumb question here: what are the symptoms when a distributor module fails?
thanks,
Karen
> Just spoke with Jeff Sirum and his Modules are made here in the USA.
> Besides Heat and Plug gap, what else could have contributed to this failure? The failed module was made in HK.
> It sure happened quickly, glad I was in the yard and not on the road.
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IIRC you have and early coach. The modules being discussed are for HEI systems not installed until 1975. (I think it was 1975... I know '73/74 had breaker points.)
It is possible that yours was converted to HEI... but most likely not. My '73 has a Dick Paterson upgraded unit. (Non-HEI)
Bad HEI modules can cause no or improperly timed spark.
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
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