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10-18-2003, 07:15 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
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Some of the Mustang guys are pretty well fed up with MSD products not lasting.... http://www.corral.net/forums/showthr...hreadid=343918
I hope they fix yours to your satisfaction....
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10-18-2003, 05:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 427 Side-Oiler
Posts: 2,156
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Roscoe-i had a similiar problem.And after tossing numerous parts at it,it dawned on me.
The bottom magnet in the MSD distributor had cracked.
This was the cause of the intermittant problem and finally when the crack widened enough-it was dead.
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10-18-2003, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, ERA 289 roadster hybrid, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Just as an FYI, MSD was recently bought by Rousch. Expect quality control to be tightened up just as soon as the management transition happens..........
Bill S.
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10-18-2003, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
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10-20-2003, 03:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Home built, supercharged 544cu/in automatic
Posts: 924
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More likely they will re-vamp the Chevy gear and peddle all of the old junk till it runs out. Then maybe they will get around to our stuff. Yes, I know Rousch has a history with Ford.
cobrashock
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10-23-2003, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
Posts: 5,897
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Well the msd box came back and everything is ok. We checked the magnetic pickups and they both seem bad. MSD said they will send me two at no charge. So now I'm puting everything back together and see what happens. Also put a topoff charge on the battery, although I don't think that is the problem. Looks like the pickup.
Roscoe
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"Crisis occurs when women and cattle get excited!"....James Thurber
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10-23-2003, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
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Hope to hear about you cruising around again. Not many good days left (for those of us that have seasons).
Clois
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10-26-2003, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Cobra Make, Engine: A CSX Cobra,1966 GT350 and an '06 Ford Heritage GT
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Clois...I right here with ya, brother!  Trying to squeeze a few more days in, God willin'!
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10-28-2003, 07:46 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
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Well I got the new pickups from MSD...no charge....thanks MSD. I'll be putting them in tonight. Checked them for resistance and they both check out at 578 and 580 ohms. The old ones were all over the lot and would not give me a steady reading so I suspect this was the problem. We'll see tonight!
Roscoe
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10-28-2003, 07:36 PM
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Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
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Well I installed the new magnetic pickups and the engine fired right up.
Back on the road again,
Roscoe
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"Crisis occurs when women and cattle get excited!"....James Thurber
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10-28-2003, 08:11 PM
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Location: Ashburton, New Zealand,
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Cobra Make, Engine: UK Ram SC. KC-Yates 373, Jerico 5 speed.
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MSD
As a user of MSD in the past, one of the main benefits of MSD is lack of plug fouling, and of course a great spark, and from what I have read better ignition means more power!
The other question is reliability for a road race car, I had an MSD 6AL with a dual point Mallory distibutor and blaster coil on my big hp injected Chev- no problems, but I read posts of MSD analogue and digital giving a certain amount of problems, and in race cars having dual ignitions in case one fails - I was about to order MSD but feel they aren't that reliable, and it would be worth having a spare coil that could be wired up, to get you home upon failure.
I dare say that can be said for any ignition system, mind you I have a little Ford Laser (Mazda 1.3) with over 300,000k still going strong on its dist module and coil etc, nothing touched on engine!
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10-29-2003, 06:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Fairfield, NJ, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A & C, 351W, Tremec 3550. Exiled Member: Club Cranky
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Well I am pleased with my MSD and would not have been down so long had I checked the magnetic pickups sooner. Building a car and maintaining it is a constant learning experience. One thing I do know is that MSD stepped up to the bat and took care of me very fast. They sent me parts no charge and right away. To me that's worth something. My MSD has been running over three years and 18k and this is the first problem I had.
Roscoe
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"Crisis occurs when women and cattle get excited!"....James Thurber
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06-30-2007, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Howell,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates, 428SCJ
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Digital-6
I had an MSD digital-6. My regulator failed and was putting out over 18V. Well It blew the Maxi fuse and I lost power on the road. Called MSD. I went through the Testing with their technical rep. and no spark at coil. and positive power at ignition key switch. Sent it into MSD for a "mac of $65.00 repair. They called back and said it was unrepairable.. They offered to sell me a Flawed unit " label crooked, Scratched anodizing, or something cosmetic for $194.00 but with no warranty. If it is just cosmetic why not a warranty. Do they really stand behind their equiptment or are they now starting to live on their previous reputation. I will be looking at other manufacturers digital units which all seem to be less in cost and appear to have similar specifications.
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