09-23-2019, 12:32 PM | #1 |
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HEI trouble
I had HEI with the six cylinder and working good. With the 350 I get it home and soon after no spark. I hook up the 6 HEI, give it a spin, and good spark. I put the 8 cap and coil on the 6 distributor and good spark. I put the module and condenser from the 6 to the 8 distributor and get a good spark and then nothing.
What in the 8 distributor could be causing it to kill the modules, or what am I doing wrong. Thanks. |
09-23-2019, 10:03 PM | #2 |
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Re: HEI trouble
I guess it was the pick up coil and the spare modules are still OK. It happened after charging the battery overnight because I had left the park lights on. It's nice to have it running again.
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09-24-2019, 11:44 PM | #3 |
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Re: HEI trouble
The pick up coils would be different between L6 and V8, but the HEI coils, modules and vacuum cannisters interchange.
I have a 292 in one truck and a 350 in the other.
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09-25-2019, 09:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: HEI trouble
Good to know that. I had gone to P n P and probably got the last distributor there that was stripped of its cap and module and weights. The junk yard was such a rip off wanting to charge me full price for it but I got it down to about half. I put my shaft and stuff into that one without touching its pick up coil and all is good. I guess the left over I can make into an oil pump priming tool, which I hope never to be in need of again.
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09-25-2019, 11:22 PM | #5 |
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Re: HEI trouble
I have the remote coil on my 292. So I found that if I ''lie'' to the parts counter guy, and say I have a '' 1975 or -76 Chevy C/10 with a 292 L6''. I get the right parts.
Try Rock Auto. I have replaced the pick up in an HEI distributor. Not the most fun in the world, but you do what you gotta do. I bought an HEI L6 coil-in-cap distributor on ebay, and it was a dud. Cheap Chinese knock-off with a bad module right outta the box. I wound up replacing all the components and modifying it to the lowboy style. The taller type interfered with the taller 292 head.
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