stock distributor vs msd distributor

83-88T-Bird Guy wrote:

richter69 wrote:If the starter saver is not helping be sure all the connections, battery starter etc are ok......... make sure the rotor phase is correct.

Jon makes a good point about the battery cable connections.

I had a hard start problem with a bracket racer 429 Fairmont, and we ran round robin' style and in the later rounds, the car was hard to start.
It ended up being a ground cable problem.
I double grounded the battery, frame, and engine and the problem went away.

I had to do the same thing. Made a world of difference.

cool40 wrote:the poor boy way is use a starter button to spin it with and then flip switch for the fire.mine's been worken for years that way cuz i'm a poor boy.

This works fine unless you have a lot of cranking compression like I do. 250psi+. I tried this with mine, and the only way I could make it turn over was to retard the timing, and it was really exagerated when the engine was up to operating temp.

i took dizzy out the gear in the center is eating the pickup to death you can push the pickup over and it will not hit also put the 8414 msd kit on top but the spacer still moves around the base stays still while the spacer and cap is real moveable has anyone had this problem and if so can please help thanks

bigjohn2007 wrote:i took dizzy out the gear in the center is eating the pickup to death you can push the pickup over and it will not hit also put the 8414 msd kit on top but the spacer still moves around the base stays still while the spacer and cap is real moveable has anyone had this problem and if so can please help thanks

Sounds like you have killed the top bearing in the MSD. Seriously, it's time to send the entire distrbutor back to MSD for a rebuild.

Hope this helps,
Charlie

c.evans wrote:

bigjohn2007 wrote:i took dizzy out the gear in the center is eating the pickup to death you can push the pickup over and it will not hit also put the 8414 msd kit on top but the spacer still moves around the base stays still while the spacer and cap is real moveable has anyone had this problem and if so can please help thanks

Sounds like you have killed the top bearing in the MSD. Seriously, it's time to send the entire distrbutor back to MSD for a rebuild.

Hope this helps,
Charlie

X2 on what Charlie said above, I had a similar problem about 3 weeks ago with my 351W MSD dizzy, go to MSDs website and get an RMA approval. Then, send it back and they fix it. Mine cost me $110, and I got a brand new dizzy with my base, cap and rotor put back on it, and that was adding a steel dizzy gear for the roller cam. MSD did me right, I'm sure you will be happy too.

cool40 wrote:the poor boy way is use a starter button to spin it with and then flip switch for the fire.mine's been worken for years that way cuz i'm a poor boy.

^^ Works perfect

What I do also!