[DeTomaso] more evidence I'm a not much of a mechanic...

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Jack, the trouble is he doesn't want to pull the -plug-, just the 
wire.   I'm not sure how I'd do that with an MSD.

My dad used to have this cool little gizmo.  It looked like a pen but 
was actually a spark detector.  You held it next to the plug wire and it 
would flash in time with the energy going to the plug.  Something like 
this would at least tell you there is spark going to each plug.

Have you tired pulling the plugs to inspect them?  Sometimes just 
looking at the plugs will tell you what's going on.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/19/10 6:28:19 PM, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:
>
>   
>> when you say I should run the spark plug wire to ground, do you mean that 
>> once I remove the wire from the plug I should actually run the spark plug 
>> wire directly to ground, and that won't damage anything? 
>>
>>     
> Attach a ground wire with an alligator clip to the ground lug on the plug 
> base so the plug works normally but is outside the engine. Otherwise, the 
> built-up energy in the MSD and coil will have no place to go .... until it 
> punches a hole in a circuit board to ground inside the box. Good luck- J DeRyke
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