Between the Ballast resistor and coil
Need Help!!! 72' Newport
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Yup - that'll kill the ignition for sure!
I've always thought is was standardized in '73. Not everything said on a YouTube strip, or written in a website, it correct.
Moparwilks
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Wow! True time capsule travel!!!!
Back the drawing boards for the Newport. She’s been doing great since my last post until this morning.
she died on me while on my way to work. She will fire and die but if I hold the key to start and drops it into drive while still holding the key I can drive it. How I ended up making it to work. Very weird.
she died on me while on my way to work. She will fire and die but if I hold the key to start and drops it into drive while still holding the key I can drive it. How I ended up making it to work. Very weird.
That's a classic ballast resistor failure, but since you don't have that, it's something in the ignition 2 wiring. That's the 12 volts to the ignition after you release the key from the "start" position.
To get you home, run a jumper wire from a 12 volt source to where the new ignition is picking up the ignition 2, probably at the + side of the coil, but I'm not familiar how you've wired the MSD distributor.
To get you home, run a jumper wire from a 12 volt source to where the new ignition is picking up the ignition 2, probably at the + side of the coil, but I'm not familiar how you've wired the MSD distributor.
Just looked at the instruction sheet for the MSD distributor and if you wired it per their procedure, then running a 12 volt wire to the + side of the coil will power up the ignition and get you home.
Once you're home, start checking for power coming from the ignition switch in the "run" position, starting under the hood. It could be a bad wire, bad connection at the firewall, or possibly a bad switch. If your radio etc. is still working, then it would lead me to think it's wiring related.
Once you're home, start checking for power coming from the ignition switch in the "run" position, starting under the hood. It could be a bad wire, bad connection at the firewall, or possibly a bad switch. If your radio etc. is still working, then it would lead me to think it's wiring related.
Thank you! I have my electrician here at work making me a jumper wire
Factory am radio with factory 8 track in dash, someone added a pioneer fm/ 8 track player plus another Panasonic 8 track player on the floor in this car. With added tweeter speakers and equalizer meters. It’s really something else.
Moparwilks
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How’s that demon carb working out for you?
I’m interested in trying one instead of a back up Thermoquad.
I’m interested in trying one instead of a back up Thermoquad.
I’m actually liking it a lot! This 400 purs nicely (minus my exhaust leak) with it.
Moparwilks
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Do you have to change much if your
Replacing a TQ? Besides the intake.
Is that what you had?
If you replace it with another spreadbore carb, you don't need to change the intake. (Unless you want to dump the smog intake with a better performance one.)
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