I changed a bunch of ignigtion stuff a few weaks ago, cap, coil, plugs, 7mm wires, rotar and it was running fine. recently it hasnt wanted to fire up and stalled out every once in a while. so I put the coil wire up near the block, cranked it and it was orange when it should be blue right? so I put another coil in, same thing. the battery is pretty new and hasnt given me any problems, could it be the alternater? its a '75 250cid I6. thanks for the help.
Your car has Duraspark ignition right? My '88 Ranger was doing the same thing and a new ignition module fixed it.
look for the melt down on the back side ....the sealer.. sap... looking stuff...they tend to melt most of the time when there going bad
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yeah the connector is there, it is all factory to my knowlege no cuts or connectors. I changed the module today. nothing was melted of the back, that sealer was HARD, but on the new one it was rubber. I havent got a chance to test drive it since its raining hard now but with the old one it stalled out 3 times during the 5 mile trip to the parts store and was still hard to get to fire. I hope this new one solved the problem, it was $40.
That Did The Trick! after about 30 miles of driving and 4 start ups today no problems at all. The new stainless one with the fins on it looks cool too, I just have to wipe the greasy finger prints off it lol. I would have done it eariler but I saved the most expensive item for last I guess, should have done it sooner.
what last year when i had to change mine the chepest was $120 , i had to get one from the junkyard,i think its time for me to get a new one
