He pulled the cap and the pickup was covered in corrosion.
Msd distributor cap problems.
The warranty on it was expired so that was making me think it was a common problem with these.
Remove the coil wire from the distributor cap and position the terminal so it is approximately 1 2 from a good ground.
Since then i reinstalled it and haven t had any problems yet.
The most popular msd distributor is our standard pro billet model.
I have 302 engine with pro billet msd distributor msd 6al box and msd blast 3 coil.
Engine misfires can occur for a number of reasons.
This is easily identified by a 2 pin connector with one violet black wire and one orange black wire that connect to the magnetic pickup inside the distributor.
I do keep my stock distributor and the proper size wrench for the hold down bolt in the car just.
He s got a gm crate motor in his 37 plymouth came with an hei that wouldn t fit against the firewall.
I sent it back to msd and they replaced all the guts including the module free of charge.
After having this setup for two years it was running extremely rough on idle.
Post by duckryder sun jul 31 2011 8 58 am.
I have a old msd cap and it is seems to be far better quality than the new ones.
Usually a faulty distributor rotor and cap will produce a few symptoms that alert the driver that service may be required.
Have had to replace in mid season before.
Every 500 miles i have a heavy oxidation carbon or however you call it build up at the distributor cap inside contacts as well as at the distributor rotor contact.
So he pulled the msd electronic distributor from the old motor and stuck it in.
I m having the same problems on my pro billet distributor seems like i need to change the cap and rotor every year and this is only a summertime fun car half the year it s hibernating.
Make sure the ignition switch is in the off position.
To clean it up i used flat head screw driver or sandpaper.
Posting this for my brother.
My truck has developed an intermittent although increasingly common heavy backfire.
Disconnect the msd magnetic pickup connector from the distributor.
This sounds much like a the firing order being wrong.
Msd distributor cap failures was.