Michael, Don't assume because it's brand new that it couldn't be bad, it happens all the time,I would contact the manufacture and see what and how to test to see if it's indeed a good one. what have you got to lose?
Rocky Hill --- Michael Ishee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
