[DeTomaso] Coil wire sparking to a rubber heater hose!

[Mike Drew]

No, you can see in the video everything was seated properly. There was just enough of a gap between the ID of the rubber boot and the OD of the wire that the spark was finding its way past. 

It's now very isolated--nothing within several inches in all directions. It was simple to disconnect and reroute the heater hoses which had the secondary benefit of making the cutoff valves much easier to access from above. 

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Mike

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On Mar 28, 2016, at 9:35, Dave <davel at emspace.com> wrote:

> But wait Mike.
> You should be able to run a good coil wire past about anything???
> Was the distributor end of the coil wire not making contact?
> dave
> 
> 
> On 3/28/2016 11:17 AM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> Lori's Pantera has a new Dan Jones/Dave McLain engine and it runs exceptionally well--above 2000 rpm. But between 1000 and 2000 rpm it stumbles and craps all over itself. Today I decided to troubleshoot it with Garry Choate. I thought it was an ignition issue and I was right. But who would have thought that it would be sparks jumping from the coil wire to a rubber hose!!!!???
>> 
>> http://youtu.be/jjQijQ6Q0ms
>> 
>> Above 2000 rpm the sparks flow through the wire. Below that, they arc to the hose instead, enough so that it killed the motor.
>> 
>> Re crimping the wire and routing the hoses differently will fix it.
>> 
>> Who woulda thunk it?
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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