[DeTomaso] I love MSD...I hate MSD....

bill gaino gaino at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 16 11:43:41 EDT 2007


I'm planning a trip to the Mountians on Thursday, so after reading your posts I went a found my spare MSD 6al and am going to take it with me.It should take up less space than a shoe. Bill

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>From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>Sent: Apr 16, 2007 10:08 AM
>To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] I love MSD...I hate MSD....
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>The Drewsaster affect hits home.  Sorry Mike. :)
>It's probably because you haven't driven it -enough-. 
>
>Personally, I'm beginning to wonder about these MSD ignitions.  Though 
>to be fair, we probably only hear about the ones that break.
>
>Asa Jay
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>MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 4/15/07 21:38:01, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> << On the other hand, I worry all the time about getting stranded.  I don't
>> feel motivated enough to buy another $500 worth of MSD parts for a hot
>> backup, though.
>>
>>   
>>>>> I am going to buy a new one, then have the old one repaired and keep it as 
>>>>>         
>> a spare.
>>
>>   
>>> On the other other hand, I doubt your vibration mounts are related to your
>>>     
>> failure.  They pot these things in a lot of epoxy.  That is supposed to make
>> them pretty solid. >>
>>
>>   
>>>>> I am grasping at straws trying to determine why it fizzled out.  I will 
>>>>>         
>> say that the wiring in that area of the car was a disaster, cosmetically, 
>> because whoever installed the various components decided to not shorten any wires, 
>> and leave them full-length to afford flexibility in the case things have to be 
>> moved later on.  So it looked like hell.  We cleaned things up, zip-tied 
>> things out of the way, the car goes two blocks and quits.  Coincidence?  Probably.  
>> Perhaps not?  We'll know soon enough.
>>
>> I will say that while on the side of the road and attempting to get it to 
>> start, eventually there was a brief smell of burning wiring....doom....
>>
>> Mike  
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