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fastjeff
#1 Posted : Monday, June 13, 2011 1:20:48 PM(UTC)
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If one of your little darlings won't start--no spark--and you're trying the old parts swap technique to see why the hell not, remember to GROUND the spark box while swap testing it. Why? The ground circuit is only completed when the box is grounded (right John? Hee, hee!)

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#2 Posted : Monday, June 13, 2011 7:50:57 PM(UTC)
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Right :(

BTW - I (preemptively) replaced both of my Chrysler ignition boxes, with new ones, last year. One of them FAILED, after a little more than a year. Had it tested at NAPA (he blew the dust off the old tester), to confirm it was bad. Long story short - CARRY A SPARE!!!

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#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 14, 2011 5:57:34 PM(UTC)
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Think Got me thinking. Not sure where the ground comes from to the coil....think the coil is grounded through the distributor housing...must find diagram on this site to check it out.

My limited 2500 rpm problem (new pertronix distributors) could be at the ground on the coil.. I took all the old chrysler electronics out of the loop(ecu, resistor). Pertronix said it sounded like a ground problem..that may be were my problem comes in. Boy I just keep on yakking on this subject on many threads Boo hoo! sorry guys..I won't say another word until I find the solution. Sorry if I hijacked Silenced



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