Was driving around this week around town, all of a sudden my truck dies on the road. I pull over, wait about two minutes, start my Scout and off I go. Got about two blocks, it dies again. Now it won't run at all. Got towed home from a friend of mine. In the driveway at my house trying to see what the "frick" the problem is. My Scout is a 77 SSII, 345 2bbl. Tf727, (now lockers front and back). I'm thinking to check the power supply. Battery, cables, distro, fuses, etc. After about 10 minutes, the truck starts, runs about 2 mins. Then dies. Timing looks really off. Get the timing light, crank the 345 via remote switch, there's a spark, but the engine won't start.
What the frick is the problem????? I have a 79 presto distro with a pertronix unit. I'm thinking it went out. Switch it out with an older unit that works. Still, no start!! Could it be the coil??? Well, it's an accel unit about 3 years old. Never had a problem with it. Called a good friend of mine (up in the mountains guru guy), and another "flatlander" guru friend.
Simple stuff sometimes is really very difficult to understand!!!!.
Check, the connections, battery, cables, fuses, ignition relay, firewall connectors, (hell, I even checked the tire pressure!!)
went and bought another coil (accel 8120c). Swapped out, frickin' truck started right up. According to the "coil gods", the v8 coil has to have a resistance of 1.5 ohms or greater. The unit I swapped out had that,as did the new one. The voltage resistance is supposed to be between 10k and 11k. The new one had 10.5k. The one I swapped out has 8.2k. I didn't think a 2k drop in voltage could make that big a difference. I guess is does.
Simple stuff sometimes is really very difficult to understand!!!!.
Anyway, I am on the road again. I am happy!!
What the frick is the problem????? I have a 79 presto distro with a pertronix unit. I'm thinking it went out. Switch it out with an older unit that works. Still, no start!! Could it be the coil??? Well, it's an accel unit about 3 years old. Never had a problem with it. Called a good friend of mine (up in the mountains guru guy), and another "flatlander" guru friend.
Simple stuff sometimes is really very difficult to understand!!!!.
Check, the connections, battery, cables, fuses, ignition relay, firewall connectors, (hell, I even checked the tire pressure!!)
went and bought another coil (accel 8120c). Swapped out, frickin' truck started right up. According to the "coil gods", the v8 coil has to have a resistance of 1.5 ohms or greater. The unit I swapped out had that,as did the new one. The voltage resistance is supposed to be between 10k and 11k. The new one had 10.5k. The one I swapped out has 8.2k. I didn't think a 2k drop in voltage could make that big a difference. I guess is does.
Simple stuff sometimes is really very difficult to understand!!!!.
Anyway, I am on the road again. I am happy!!
