Thanks for the info but i just bought a $290 distributor from accel so i how it isnt the distributor. Thanks for the info though. Michael
>From: "Herbert Lumpp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Chevelle-List] Re: distributor >Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 09:27:31 -0700 > >Michael, > >My Vette was doing the same thing a while back. I went through 3 coils, >and >3 HEI distributors. > >It turned out to be a bad distributor, the coils where fine. The first two >I tried were "rebuilt" from AutoZone and Checker. The third was from >Performance Distributors and when I dropped it in, the engine fired up >instantly. I would suggest trying a distributor from a running car and see >if that works. > >No more cheap crap from AutoZone or Checker for me. > >cYa- > >Herb Lumpp >1966 El Camino, LS6, 6 spd >ACES 3509 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Ishee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:05 PM > > > > > > Ok for those you of who have been helping me to get my car to start once > > again here is an update. I finally got an ohm meter and measured the >coil > > resistance the best i could with the lack of knowledge i had about the > > machine and the process in conjunction with the horrible instructions. >All > > in all i managed to gather this about my Accel super coil. The ohms who > > jump up (once again dont know how much because it would just quickly >flast > > up and didnt know too well how to translate the read-out) in number when >you > > would first turn the key to start the car then if you kept on trying to > > crank the meter who read the same amount as it would with the car off. >So > > this is really all i gathered from the process and someone mentioned i > > should have .82 resistance with this coil however i never got anywhere >near > > this number. With the meter set to measure under 1 ohm the screen would > > read anywhere from 3 to 5 flickering back and forth then jump to about >20 > > when first start to crank the back to 3 or 5. I never quite understood >this > > as how the meter was supposed to read under 1 and i never got a decimal. > > Any ways so i still think that the coil is the weak link and possibly a >new > > one will start the car. I did go to the parts store to buy another one >but > > they gave me the same one i took back which i think i might have shot. > > Anyways sorry for the long post and any suggestions and advice is >welcome > > and thanks for all the help so far. > > Michael > > > >----------------------------------------------------- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
