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Re: Miss Fire

To: cvaught@hawaii.rr.com
Subject: Re: Miss Fire
From: Craig Wright <craig@productdesigngroup.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:03:46 -0700
Hello Chris,

Steve is right. Problems with the distributor and primary (Low voltage) side of 
the
ignition system will cause the miss fire and tach to bounce. Loose connections, 
bad
ignition switch, bad points can all cause the problem. Of those items, the most 
likely to
go bad is the Unilite unit. People have claimed that they fail often. I fixed a 
stranded
289 Cobra this summer that had that problem. You can get a replacement module 
from Jegs
for the Mallory; $90. It would be worth having a spare module at any rate, just 
in case.
An alternative is a magnetic type of points system like MSD, Pertronix, even 
Mallory
makes one.

Craig

cvaught@hawaii.rr.com wrote:

> Well the vistakon interview in florida went really well. now i have to decide
>
> if i want to live in jacksonville. i dont think so. now for my tiger problems.
>
> at high rpms (4000+) my tiger is missing. the tach is also irratic jumping 
>from
>
> 4 to 6 thousand rpms. i have a new fuel filter so it is limited to elecrtical.
>
> how do i test my coil? i have a mallory pro master coil, mallory unilite 
>distributor,
>
> and split fire plugs. i have thought of removing it all and sending it back
>
> to mallory but i dont want to be down that long. any suggestions would be 
>great.
>
> thanks
> chris in texas


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