[Chevelle-list] Towed Home
My elky left me dead on the side of the road. First time ever. I hit a railroad crossing at a pretty good clip and when I came down, the motor quit.Took me a day or 2 to realize that the problem was not in my TPI setup.I don't have a spark at all. 12 volts to the HEI is good. Does anyone have a link to a page where I can determine if its the coil or module or?I found a page which had resistance values for a 4pin module in a mechanical advance HEI. But I need a page with 7pin electronic advance HEI information. Thank you. -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
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Rick, What year is your El Camino? I have a complete 65 Chassis shop Manual. I don't know if the info is there. Please explain TPI and HEI. Maybe I can Help! Johann - Original Message - From: Rick Schaefer To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Towed Home My elky left me dead on the side of the road. First time ever. I hit a railroad crossing at a pretty good clip and when I came down, the motor quit. Took me a day or 2 to realize that the problem was not in my TPI setup.I don't have a spark at all. 12 volts to the HEI is good. Does anyone have a link to a page where I can determine if its the coil or module or?I found a page which had resistance values for a 4pin module in a mechanical advance HEI. But I need a page with 7pin electronic advance HEI information. Thank you. -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
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OOPS!!! 72 Elky - Original Message - From: Rick Schaefer To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Towed Home My elky left me dead on the side of the road. First time ever. I hit a railroad crossing at a pretty good clip and when I came down, the motor quit. Took me a day or 2 to realize that the problem was not in my TPI setup.I don't have a spark at all. 12 volts to the HEI is good. Does anyone have a link to a page where I can determine if its the coil or module or?I found a page which had resistance values for a 4pin module in a mechanical advance HEI. But I need a page with 7pin electronic advance HEI information. Thank you. -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
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Rick, Are you getting power at the coil? This engine has a coil off to the side of the distributor, correct? There is a few wires that go to the coil...did one of those get snipped? My other suggestion would be to call Street and Performance. 479-394-5711, they make wiring harness's for these engines(top notch too) and can help you. I've called them numerous times asking questions on my TPI set up Good luck, Tim -Original Message- From: Rick Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 7:00 am Subject: [Chevelle-list] Towed Home My elky left me dead on the side of the road. First time ever. I hit a railroad crossing at a pretty good clip and when I came down, the motor quit. Took me a day or 2 to realize that the problem was not in my TPI setup. I don't have a spark at all. 12 volts to the HEI is good. Does anyone have a link to a page where I can determine if its the coil or module or? I found a page which had resistance values for a 4pin module in a mechanical advance HEI. But I need a page with 7pin electronic advance HEI information. Thank you. -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
Re: [Chevelle-list] Towed Home
Rick If you are able to get a copy of Cilton's Repair Manuel for 64-77 Chevelle's, it gives a good describtion as well as a picture of how to check the coil with a ohm meter. There is also the check of the Module in the distrubutor that Auto Zone will check for proper functioning. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 11:41 Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Towed Home To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Rick, Are you getting power at the coil? This engine has a coil off to the side of the distributor, correct? There is a few wires that go to the coil...did one of those get snipped? My other suggestion would be to call Street and Performance. 479-394-5711, they make wiring harness's for these engines(top notch too) and can help you. I've called them numerous times asking questions on my TPI set up Good luck, Tim -Original Message- From: Rick Schaefer To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 7:00 am Subject: [Chevelle-list] Towed Home My elky left me dead on the side of the road. First time ever. I hit a railroad crossing at a pretty good clip and when I came down, the motor quit. Took me a day or 2 to realize that the problem was not in my TPI setup. I don't have a spark at all. 12 volts to the HEI is good. Does anyone have a link to a page where I can determine if its the coil or module or? I found a page which had resistance values for a 4pin module in a mechanical advance HEI. But I need a page with 7pin electronic advance HEI information. Thank you. -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
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Rick, sometimes it is cheaper and saves time to buy a mew module and coil and try them separately on the car. If one or the other is bad, you will find out. If not, you can just return them. Also check the wires and end connectors. Dan
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Rick, I believe Dan has the right idea. My two year old HEI quit intermittently and replacing both coil and module cost less than $35 at partsamerica.com and took less than an hour to install. The cost was very cheap compared to the inconvenience and embarrasment of being stranded and towed. Dennis McGillis 1965 Malibu SS-350 with 2005 Vortec 330 Hp GMPP Crate Engine HEI _ Rick, sometimes it is cheaper and saves time to buy a mew module and coil and try them separately on the car. If one or the other is bad, you will find out. If not, you can just return them. Also check the wires and end connectors. Dan _ Does anyone have a link to a page where I can determine if its the coil or module or?I found a page which had resistance values for a 4pin module in a mechanical advance HEI. But I need a page with 7pin electronic advance HEI information. Thank you. Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
