MSD BOX I CAN'T THROW AWAY Re: [DeTomaso] Welding

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Well said Forest...planning to do that myself this winter....BTW, I heard about someone who got tired of replacing failed MSD boxes and started rebuilding them for friends who race....Has anyone heard about this guy or anyone else who rebuilds  ignitions?

MD 

Veloce <Veloce at adelphia.net> wrote: Chuck,

Now might be the time to add the second MSD box and wire it so it can be 
switched on the fly, so to speak. I have had my MSD for several years with 
absolutely no problems - but one of these days I will install the second box 
to gain the security of redundancy. I have replaced MSD boxes for several 
friend because of welding or some other high-voltage disturbance with the 
MSD circuitry. As Mike says, while the box may not fail immediately they 
have a much greater probability of failing later - at the Most Inopportune 
Time.

regards
Forest Majors

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Engles" 
To: 
Cc: ; "Charles McCall" 
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Welding


> Dear Mike and Charlie,
>
>             You wrote:
>
>> What you did is a very bad idea.  And in fact MSD specifically warns
> against
>> doing what you did in their literature, because the little electronic
> gizmos
>> inside the magic MSD box are very fragile.  Failures attributed to 
>> welding
> on
>> the car normally aren't instaneous.  Instead, six months from now you 
>> will
> be
>> zooming down the road and the thing will fizzle out and you'll find
> yourself
>> wondering why.
>>
>> While MSD is very good about warranty service, I believe one of the first
>> questions they ask is, "did you weld on the car with the MSD still
> connected to
>> the wiring system?"  They may refuse to repair it for free in that case,
>> although they will still repair it.
>
> $$$$$$$$   Ah, well.   It won't be the first time that I've field-tested
> various automotive components and I've had some unpleasantly expensive
> results.....nothing to do at this point, but to press on.     *Next* time,
> I'll disconnect the darn thing.
>
>          Optimisticly yours,  Chuck Engles
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
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