MSD 6AL took a sht I think?
03-31-2007, 10:12 PM
#1
MSD 6AL took a sht I think? Well I drove out to the shop to work on this 98 neon me and my girl got yesterday and i was gonna go get some gas for it with the bird.. turn the key...... 10 seconds...15 seconds... ok 35 seconds later cranking it busts off idles at around 1,100 then goes to 300-400 says check gauges then back to 1,200 and 400 at that point i cut it off, wouldnt fire after that.. anyways
screwdriver in plug - no spark
end of opti wire - no spark
MSD blaster coil - no spark
tryed a stock coil + ignition module no go...
has to be my 6AL.. checked grounds and everything.. battery is good at 13-14 volts optima red top
MSD wires, MSD Opti, MSD Coil, MSD 6AL, NGK 6AL
no spark so now the car is sitting next to a dead neon
that ironically is getting fuel pump work while the bird is only getting fuel 
screwdriver in plug - no spark
end of opti wire - no spark
MSD blaster coil - no spark
tryed a stock coil + ignition module no go...
has to be my 6AL.. checked grounds and everything.. battery is good at 13-14 volts optima red top
MSD wires, MSD Opti, MSD Coil, MSD 6AL, NGK 6AL
no spark so now the car is sitting next to a dead neon
that ironically is getting fuel pump work while the bird is only getting fuel 
03-31-2007, 10:23 PM
#3
it won't fire at all.. opti woulda showed some warning signs it fired up that morning 45 minutes before.. drove 7-8 miles idled fine to.. and 50-60 miles yesterday..
I already had a GM opti with MSD cap-rotor go after 500 but the gm part had sat for awhile... so I could see it going bad maybe
there would be some spark of some sort atleast.. like i said my mechanic held the wires to my valvecover/bolt/screwdriver whatever and nothing
damn this $$$ **** that breaks its all new
I already had a GM opti with MSD cap-rotor go after 500 but the gm part had sat for awhile... so I could see it going bad maybe
there would be some spark of some sort atleast.. like i said my mechanic held the wires to my valvecover/bolt/screwdriver whatever and nothing
damn this $$$ **** that breaks its all new 
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04-01-2007, 10:32 AM
#8
Originally Posted by Gun5
ya but com'n my friends been DD a cammed dodge truck for 3-4 years with a 6A on it.. MSD ain't crap
Might
Suddenly
Die
Comment the first time around but here it is now.
Reality is that if you are going to modify a car be prepared to deal with some occassional issues, spending the extra $25 on the plugin harness so you can go back to stock in moments would be an example of such preparedness.
MSD is not bad but IMO is another one of those companies that is more reputation than results. The way you have to buy 20 accessories to get them to be truely functional is a joke.
Ignition upgrades are largely wasted till you boost or juice these cars and if I were doing one of those the Mallory with integrated retard, rev limit, window switch etc.
I put on the Accel one because I got it DIRT cheap and two because at the level I am at now the cut the fuel rev limiter of the pcm scares me. If it actually helps at high rpms that are beyond what the stocker is rated for that will be a bonus but not something I expect.
