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07-09-2009 #1
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Broke Down!!!
This morning seemed nice outside so I decided to bring my monte into work. A little bit into the trip my motor just shuts down. I pull over to the side of the road and crank it over but no luck with starting it. Pop the hood and I can hear a sizzling sound coming from my distributer. UH OH! I quicklly turn off the key and dis connect all wires going to it. I pop off the coil cover (msd hei) and the coil is just about red hot and there is like a bubble on the wire side of the coil. Looks like the coil was ozzing something out of it. No idea what that is!!
Here are some pics of the advantures this morning...
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07-09-2009 #2
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That sucks! Been there a few times. One morning I had just merged onto 95 got in the left lane pop pop boom broke down. Turned out to be a distributer gear wore out. Another was a shift from 2nd to 3rd and got nothing broke the input shaft. Sucks putting the car on the flatbed.
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No pics of the melted coil??
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07-09-2009 #4
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That is oil coming out if the coil. its done...
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Sorry for your misfortune. It's an easy fix though.Trey
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Remember to make sure you have a ground strap inside the cap that goes to center terminal of harness plug, some people forget them by accident, tada burnt coil
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here are some pics of the burnt up coil and the stuff that was oozing out of it.
Douglas Lutes
1988 Monte Carlo SS
"Never race anything you can't afford to set on fire and push off a cliff."
07-14-2009 #8
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Looks overheated to me. Try using the macro setting on your camera next time for close up pictures.
Trey
"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
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1979 WS6 Trans Am stock LT1/T56 drive train out of my Formula. BMW M-parallel rims. C5/C6 brakes
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