I need your guys brain power!

[HotRodPC]

Yea we looked at changing that too, but it was an old dizzy and he plans on keeping the truck forever so it just made more sence to make it completely reliable. After three or four times getting towed home he was happy to put a new one in it. Lol

Usually at the point the pick up coil has gone bad, I'd say it's time to rebuild or replace the dizzy anyway. Chances are it's worn bushings with the shaft getting off kilter that might have killed the pu coil anyway. So a new pu coil may be short lived too.

 

[crazy4offroad]

Even if you do get a whole new distributor I would still get a digital multimeter and check the parts on the old one, so you're not throwing out any good parts, and also solving the mystery of what was really going wrong.

 

[HotRodPC]

Even if you do get a whole new distributor I would still get a digital multimeter and check the parts on the old one, so you're not throwing out any good parts, and also solving the mystery of what was really going wrong.

yes, and always throw away bad parts. Don't let them get mixed in with you good stuff. Or, for purpose of troubleshooting down the road, and you want to skip tests, so your Module goes out, and you put in your spare, and it don't work either, so you spend a fortune on other **** and wasted time, then to find out, that was the bad Module from the last project, so don't keep bad parts around. Get rid of them, unless you're saving them for a core, and be sure to mark them with an X or something with permanent paint so you KNOW they are no good.

 

[Kapdin]

Alright guys, so after the long weekend im proud to say my truck is still up and running. And this is wat went down. So just on suspicion i took the first igintion module back in the box and told them i don't think it fixed my problem and i needed a coil (they never asked any questions so not my fault ) so they exchanged it for a coil plus the core on the alternator i paid 8 buck for a coil. So installed the coil and ..... drum roll......no fire So at this point im a little upset. So for ***** and grins i pulled eveything off the distributer again down to the base and started in cleaning everything up, brake/contact cleaner and a little emery cloth and cleaned the ground on that "capacitor" that the module plugs into, and made everything sqeeky clean and lots of dialectric grease i put it all back together and sum bioch fired up (so now don't feel so bad for returing the module since it was prolli fine). And 3 days later its still firing up.

 

[Kapdin]

Also while i have ur guys attention my choke don't work worth a shizzzz any quick fix'es?

 

[HotRodPC]

So pretty much, you think the condenser lost ground to the dizzy plate? Or was it cleaning the pick ups on the ring?

 

[crazy4offroad]

Also while i have ur guys attention my choke don't work worth a shizzzz any quick fix'es?

What kind of carb?

 

[Kapdin]

well i spent the most time with that ground and i guess i would have bumbed it everytime i put a new module in sooo thats my best guess. And its the stock Rochester.

 

[crazy4offroad]

There should be a choke adjusting "knob" on the passenger side, loosen the screws and rotate it depending on what you're needing the choke to do, and do this with the engine cold and off. If the choke doesn't seem to work at all turn the knob till the choke plate begins to close. Start the truck, warm it up, and if the choke doesn't seem like it wants to kick off after opening up the throttle a few times rotate it back a little.

If adjusting does nothing the thermal spring inside the knob is probably bad. The truck is 33 years old afterall!

 

[Kapdin]

Ight ill give you a little more info (sorry guys a little slow today fuggin tired) So this has been a sympton the whole time with the choke. From a cold dead start (like first start of the day) it will fire up perfect and idle for about 5 secs then it starts flooding out and unless you give her the onion it spits and spudders till it get a little heat. but the the rest of the day its much better. hope that narrows it down bud thanks by the way.

 

[crazy4offroad]

It may not need adjusted. You may have to apply the pedal to the floor to set the choke before cranking. Do you normally just hop in and take off shortly after starting it? Carb'ed trucks don't like that, especially cold-natured Chevys.

 

[Kapdin]

well now u mention it i kinda do and i never put it to the woods befor starting it just fether the pedal as it goes through its temper-tantrum

 

[crazy4offroad]

Every vehicle is different in how they act in the morning and you just have to figure out the right combination on yours. Try getting in, mash the pedal to the floor once, THEN start cranking it. I know if I don't give mine a minute to warm up it isn't very happy. Since it sits for a while not being my daily driver it takes some cranking to get the fuel up from the tank till it hits, stop cranking and hit the pedal to the floor, then crank without giving it gas. It'll fire right up for me every time.