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skyhawk1 · 12-04-2002, 07:52 AM

My 72 Suburban is my daily driver. Rides like a Cadillac. Here's the main problem. I put a HEI distributor in it in the Spring this year and it started great for about 6 months. Now, just about every morning it cranks but won't start. So I get out, raise the hood and tap on top of the coil with a small screwdriver handle (usually 2 taps) and it fires right up and runs and starts good all day. I've replaced the rotor button, dist. cap and even the ignition module once. The last time I replaced these parts it started good for about a month, now it's doing it again. Any suggestions?

Yellow Cheyenne · 12-04-2002, 10:43 AM

Possibly intermittent connection with the power wire going to it? Try moving the wire rather than tapping on it to see if it will start. I also had a bad pickup coil once. It had a lot of play in it and would intermittently not run.

12-04-2002, 07:52 AM	#1
skyhawk1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Oceana WV USA Posts: 184	Annoying Suburban problems My 72 Suburban is my daily driver. Rides like a Cadillac. Here's the main problem. I put a HEI distributor in it in the Spring this year and it started great for about 6 months. Now, just about every morning it cranks but won't start. So I get out, raise the hood and tap on top of the coil with a small screwdriver handle (usually 2 taps) and it fires right up and runs and starts good all day. I've replaced the rotor button, dist. cap and even the ignition module once. The last time I replaced these parts it started good for about a month, now it's doing it again. Any suggestions? __________________ "The World's a Mess"! 71 C-10 72 Suburban 2WD Oceana, West Virginia

12-04-2002, 10:43 AM	#2
Yellow Cheyenne Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Eastern Kansas Posts: 488	Possibly intermittent connection with the power wire going to it? Try moving the wire rather than tapping on it to see if it will start. I also had a bad pickup coil once. It had a lot of play in it and would intermittently not run. __________________ '72 Cheyenne. AC, PS, PB, Rear slider window, tilt. Light yellow (grapefruit yellow according to new sales literature from '72) '56 Chevy short step V-8 (My dad bought it new!!) '70 Olds 442 convertible '70 Olds Rallye 350



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