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LUV2XCLR8 · 05-27-2005, 05:33 PM

Well a while back I made a post about "GQ" having issues after short trips,
it would die and smell like gas, like it was flooded, today we figured it out,
and this will blow you away, at least it did me, so I carried it Wednesday
afternoon to get my exhaust ran, 15 minutes into my 22 minute trip, you
guessed it, she died, after about 10 minutes she started and I got her in
to the shop w/out any other issues, Thursday we ran the exhaust, there
is a thread w/ pic's for this on this board, Today we bled the brakes and
tried to figure out the issue I was having, so we adjusted the fuel press.
regulater from 8.5 down to 6, drove it around the block w/ out any issues
but it was a short trip, like 5 minutes, so I suggested we check the timing,
10 minutes into the timing thing she died, oops I almost forgot, she was
giving us 25 degrees at idle and 60 degrees of total timing, wtf ???, any
who, she would run a lil, we would try to pull the timing down and she'd
just die again, and everytime it died it reaked of fuel, like mentioned in
my first thread a while back, after 2.5 hours of adjustments, flooding,
and timing issues it finally quit / would not start, we had lost all spark,
started checking every lil spot for spark issues and low and behold the
coil had detenated, top was blown half way off, it was so hot that you
could not even hold it w/out gloves, that's hot, so we called and got
us another MSD BLASTER 2 coil and you guessed it, she purs like a lil
tiger, cranked her up on 2 degrees of timing, set her at 8 degress w/
a 30 degree total timing, now she runs better than ever, what a day

wingman · 05-27-2005, 09:47 PM

That is weird I think I keep blowing my hei coils. I crank it it try to start then dies, and nothing no spark nothing, and im getting 12v at the distrib when cranking. I changed the coil, drove it around turned it off went to restart it, no spark. Good thing I got the ignition system to put on, now i jsut need to buy a new distrib.

71RestoRod · 05-27-2005, 10:14 PM

Congrats on the fix. Are those things oil filled? Did it make a mess?

jhow66 · 05-27-2005, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wingman

That is weird I think I keep blowing my hei coils. I crank it it try to start then dies, and nothing no spark nothing, and im getting 12v at the distrib when cranking. I changed the coil, drove it around turned it off went to restart it, no spark. Good thing I got the ignition system to put on, now i jsut need to buy a new distrib.

Have you got this ground strap--if not that is what burning up your coils.

LUV2XCLR8 · 05-27-2005, 10:32 PM

JHOW66 - Is that HEI only, because mine doesn't have a strap

**Yukon Jack** · 05-28-2005, 08:32 AM

Congrats on getting that figured out.

jhow66 · 05-30-2005, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

JHOW66 - Is that HEI only, because mine doesn't have a strap

If you have HEI-yes

LUV2XCLR8 · 05-30-2005, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhow66

If you have HEI-yes

Nope, freak'n unilight

bouncytruck · 05-30-2005, 07:55 PM

Glad you figured it out. So, then, GQ is amost finished?

LUV2XCLR8 · 05-30-2005, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bouncytruck

Glad you figured it out. So, then, GQ is amost finished?

05-27-2005, 05:33 PM	#1
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	I learned something about ....... Well a while back I made a post about "GQ" having issues after short trips, it would die and smell like gas, like it was flooded, today we figured it out, and this will blow you away, at least it did me, so I carried it Wednesday afternoon to get my exhaust ran, 15 minutes into my 22 minute trip, you guessed it, she died, after about 10 minutes she started and I got her in to the shop w/out any other issues, Thursday we ran the exhaust, there is a thread w/ pic's for this on this board, Today we bled the brakes and tried to figure out the issue I was having, so we adjusted the fuel press. regulater from 8.5 down to 6, drove it around the block w/ out any issues but it was a short trip, like 5 minutes, so I suggested we check the timing, 10 minutes into the timing thing she died, oops I almost forgot, she was giving us 25 degrees at idle and 60 degrees of total timing, wtf ???, any who, she would run a lil, we would try to pull the timing down and she'd just die again, and everytime it died it reaked of fuel, like mentioned in my first thread a while back, after 2.5 hours of adjustments, flooding, and timing issues it finally quit / would not start, we had lost all spark, started checking every lil spot for spark issues and low and behold the coil had detenated, top was blown half way off, it was so hot that you could not even hold it w/out gloves, that's hot, so we called and got us another MSD BLASTER 2 coil and you guessed it, she purs like a lil tiger, cranked her up on 2 degrees of timing, set her at 8 degress w/ a 30 degree total timing, now she runs better than ever, what a day __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T Last edited by LUV2XCLR8; 05-27-2005 at 05:34 PM.

05-27-2005, 10:14 PM	#3
71RestoRod Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Evergreen, CO Posts: 492	Congrats on the fix. Are those things oil filled? Did it make a mess? __________________ 71 Blazer / GMPP ZZ383 / MPFI / 700R4 / 4-Wheel Disk / Ground-up frame off almost completed resto-mod

05-27-2005, 10:32 PM	#5
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	JHOW66 - Is that HEI only, because mine doesn't have a strap __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

05-28-2005, 08:32 AM	#6
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Congrats on getting that figured out. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

05-30-2005, 07:55 PM	#9
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,038	Glad you figured it out. So, then, GQ is amost finished? __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L

05-27-2005, 09:47 PM	#2
wingman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 41	That is weird I think I keep blowing my hei coils. I crank it it try to start then dies, and nothing no spark nothing, and im getting 12v at the distrib when cranking. I changed the coil, drove it around turned it off went to restart it, no spark. Good thing I got the ignition system to put on, now i jsut need to buy a new distrib.



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