that capacitive discharge spark just eats up caps and rotors...
-Josh
"Kevin Sellstrom" <ksellstr@softcom.net> wrote in message
news:5.1.0.14.0.20021206113741.02c566b0@pop.softcom.net...
>
> MSD 6A is at 40k perfect miles on my old 318. MSD 6A on the '91
Ramcharger
> well over 70K miles, never a glitch. Another MSD 6A at 50k and still
going
> on my brother's Volvo.
>
> My friend however has a MSD 6-OffRoad on his Toy that he's replaced twice
> under warranty in three years. He had a bad diode in his alt., likely for
> most of the three years, that was feeding AC into the system. He also
> had/has low voltage issues with bad connections, a cheapo voltage
> regulator, and undersized wiring throughout (some factory from Toyota,
some
> botched-up since). He is of the opinion that as long as it runs, he aint
> gonna fix it...but he doesn't seem to get very good mileage out of his MSD
> boxes.
>
> We just put an MSD 5 in our boat ('78 Merc. 140hp I-4), it's been great
all
> season, but that's only a few hundred hours thus far.
>
> I'd sure double and triple check your connections (I like solder here,
it's
> a pretty sure shot) before ruling out the MSD box.
>
> It does seem that with the MSD units, the basic cap and rotor sets don't
> last as long...maybe that's just an illusion.
>
> Just my $.02 worth of opinion...
>
> Kevin
>
>
> At 11:37 PM 12/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > Just wondering, I have/had an MSD 5 (left over spare from an old race
car,
> >never used) Blaster SS coil, NAPA solid brass cap and rotor, and MSD 8.8
mm
> >wires on my pretty much stock 5.2 98 Dak. After about 26,000 daily
driving
> >miles, the MSD 5 box fried, the cap and rotor were toast (this didn't
really
> >surprise me), and the #6 wire (about 20" long) is reading over 1600 ohms
> >while #2 and the coil wire are over 300ohms. The rest of the wires are
fine,
> >about 45 ohms/ft. What kind of life span have you all experienced with
these
> >components. The box frying kind of surprised me. True, it's analog, but I
> >thought it would have lasted longer. (glad an old sponsor paid for it).
The
> >wires going bad also doesn't seem right, especially at about $65.00 a
set. I
> >could have gotten 26K out of a cheap stock replacement set. I plan on
> >putting a 6A box on now. Who has the most miles on theirs? Just curious
as
> >to how the rest of the group has faired.
> >
> >Mark
>
>
>
>
> Kevin Sellstrom, W6KTB E-Mail:ksellstr@softcom.net
> ***Wilton, California***
>
> '99 Dodge Dakota CC, 4x4, 5.2,
> '69 Dodge D200, 4x2, 318,
>
> Also: '83 Volvo 244Ti, '85 Volvo 244, '68 Volvo 122S, '98 Specialized
> Rockhopper A1FS
>
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