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afi360
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1/04/2003
03:20:01
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 Subject: MSD Ignition ruined my night: TAKE II
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great. so my friend and i spend an hour trying to hook up the msd timing box to my 6a, get it running, it runs fine for the 35 minutes it takes to get to where we are racing...then about 1 mile ( in the middle of focking nowhere mind you ) it just S T O P S. engine stopped. after some searching and stuff, we find a blown fuse in the power box under the hood. so i have a short somewhere. tomorrow we are taking out the n20 and the msd products. im focking DONE with msd. anyone that can help me figure out why it would do this, PLEASE respond *sniffle sniffle, i need closure, sniffle sniffle*
**in shadows growing wings**
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tweaked
Dodge Dakota
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1/04/2003
03:35:53
| RE: MSD Ignition ruined my night: TAKE II
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its probably not grounded good, when you put the ground wire on did you scrape the paint off the spot that you connected it to, only other thing i could think of is maybe a frayed wire somewhere coming in contact with the metal, sorry to hear about that, hope everything turns out ok
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Will
Dodge Dakota
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1/04/2003
04:01:36
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When I installed my msd btm, the truck ran for a few min then died. It would not start up for nothing. I had to bipass it and not use it.
Any ideas why it did this?
Thanks,
Will
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afi360
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1/04/2003
14:58:20
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will, thats exactly what happened to me!!!
if you find out what happened, LET ME KNOW, ill do the same!
**in shadows growing wings**
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justin
Dodge Dakota
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1/04/2003
16:31:44
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theres nothing wrong with msd products. Your box is not wired correctly. check your ground like tweaked said.
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NewR/T
Dodge Dakota
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1/04/2003
21:42:46
| RE: MSD Ignition ruined my night: TAKE II
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Not to be rude but most of the problems people have w/ MSD or any other ignitions is ignorance on how to wire it properly and get good grounds. MSD is top quality when it comes to ignitions. People wire it incorrectly then it fails then they blame it on how crappy the product is.
Go and retrace your steps and make sure everything goes according to the instructions thats the best thing to do.
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afi360
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1/05/2003
04:46:01
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normally i am the first person i put blame on, but weve tried EVERYTHING...the main problem i have with msd, along with every other aftermarket supplier is shoddy directions that are extremely vague, even when adding on to their own products. hooking the timing controller to factory ignition i could see would be tricky possibly...but hooking up to the 6a??? shouldnt be tough...oh well, were trying to work out the bugs...keep em coming guys, the more suggestions the better.
**in shadows growing wings**
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MikeD
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1/05/2003
14:12:02
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You didn't wire any of the grounds to the alternator did ya? haha *BOOM*
~Mike~
Get In...Sit Down...Shutup...& Hangon
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afi360
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1/05/2003
16:40:15
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thank god i didnt do that, but i totally thought the computer had a meltdown when it shut down. good lord that was freaky.
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Lello
Dodge Dakota
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1/05/2003
19:36:48
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MSD are great. Not being smart but did you think of calling MSD for customer service??
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afi360
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1/06/2003
00:00:57
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lello, no i did not, as it was 11.45 pm on a friday night.. i know their hours LOL
will probably call tomorrow morning though.
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viperdak6
Dodge Dakota
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1/06/2003
00:50:08
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it's definately the ground...i used one of the two bolts over the passenger headlights cuz there was no paint under it...didn't even have to sand anything...post back when you figure it out...i'm very pleased with my msd
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