FW: [DeTomaso] Stuck in Montpelier, OH

[Don Thomas]

I'd have to agree with Dave.  I have had my MSD 6T in for over 10 years with an MSD 8577 distributor.  The only time that it didn't work was when a friend helped me work on the car, and got the wires mixed up and told me that the unit was bad.  I ended sending the MSD unit back to the factory, they checked it out, didn't need to repair it, and MSD sent it back No Charge.

As Jack said, the Pertronix, to seems to fail.  This is one reason I upgraded to an MSD.

Anyone need a failed Pertronix in a mallory distributor cheap.

Also, from what I have seen most EVERY Performance Center carries MSD in stock!

Just thinking off the top of my head here for a moment.  What type of distributor are you using?

I am just wondering... if the success of Dave and I running our MSD's for so long is related to having the MSD distributor?

Just a thought,

-dt


David Bell wrote:

> I wouldn't say they crap out a lot.  I think MDS ignitions are extremely
> reliable and rarely fail.  And even if the box did go south, they are sold
> in virtually every O'Reillys I've ever been in so it shouldn't be a problem
> to find another.
>
> I've been running a MSD 6-AL plus a MSD distributor for the last 6 years.
> No problems at all, though the first one I had got fried from welding on the
> car with it installed (don't do that!).  I don't carry a spare and don't
> think I need one.  I much prefer the MSDs C-D spark as it will fire even a
> completely oil soaked spark plug.
>
> Dave Bell
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Curt Hall [mailto:cuvee at sbcglobal.net]
>   Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 10:55 AM
>   To: davidabell at worldnet.att.net; Detomaso at Realbig. Com
>   Subject: Re: FW: [DeTomaso] Stuck in Montpelier, OH
>
>   It seem like everyone wants to run the great MSD! It also seems that the
> great MSD seems to CRAP OUT a lot! Isn't there another System that works as
> well, without CRAPPING OUT? Does MSD tell you when you buy it that you
> should have a back up? It just seems this is common with MSD. Just curious.
>   Good Luck with your fix.
>
>   David Bell <davidabell at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>     If you've got a replacement MSD box, then an emergency swap should just
>     require a pocket knife (though a leatherman is excellent for this kind
> of
>     stuff) and some duct tape - or if there's a Walmart handy, buy some
> cheapo
>     tools (maybe even wire crimper pliers and connectors). Cut the wires on
> the
>     mounted MSD in half at a convenient spot with the pocket knife, strip
> them
>     back and then twist them to the new MSD. Wrap the connections with tape
> to
>     insulate them. The MSD wires should all be the same color so it aught to
> be
>     fairly painless. Duct tape the new MSD to something solid to hold it in
>     place temporarily if necessary.
>
>     You should be able to drive a fair distance that way, or until you can
> get
>     somewhere to make for-real repairs.
>
>     Dave Bell (highly experienced at emergency repairs for bizarre problems)
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>     [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of David Tucker
>     Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 9:48 AM
>     To: detomaso at realbig.com
>     Subject: [DeTomaso] Stuck in Montpelier, OH
>
>     I love vacations. Except when things go wrong. 2 miles from Indiana the
>     Pantera lost power and I am at the start of a 3000 mile tour. It is a
>     holiday weekend, I have no tools, what appears to be a bad MSD box, a
>     replacement box, and no one to put it in for me. Happy holiday weekend.
> If
>     I'm not in Chicago tonight, I loose $700.00 in hotel charges.
>
>     Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>
>     Dave
>
>     301-514-8358
>
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