Dumbasses!!

[HemiDreams]

Been fighting tuning issues with the New Yorker for some time now. Today my roomate and i were playing around with the timing and ignition when he noticed something odd about the MSD wiring. I got online and checked with MSD and other archives and sure enough, the idiot that i bought the car from got some wiring crossed on the MSD! [smilie=b: We rewired it according to the tech archive and MSD's website and holy cow did this thing run different!! [smilie=e: Idle jumped WAYYY up and we had to take about 25 degrees out of the timing......again!! [smilie=e: I think the dist. shaft might be worn because the timing is a bit jumpy at times. Is it possible to wire an MSD or ignition system wrong and still have it running and driveable? I guess it must be because i've been driving it this way since i bought it. [smilie=e:

 

[68R/T]

Answered your own question, I see.

 

[383duster]

I think the dist. shaft might be worn because the timing is a bit jumpy at times

sloppy timing chain?

 

[b-body-bob]

I cannot resist ...

the idiot that i bought the car from got some wiring crossed on the MSD

He was smart enough to get you to buy it.

I'm sorry.

 

[383duster]

BAD BBB! [smilie=e:

[smilie=r:

 

[beeper*71]

Oooh Bob! He stumbled right into that one eh? [smilie=e:

Glad to hear it is running better Tim. [smilie=c: Is that a stock distributor or MSD?
Easy enough to check for worn shaft....

 

[XLR8R]

While you are there, slap a few bucks out and get the MSD distributor. It is sooo purty.

 

[HemiDreams]

I sure as hell hope it's not the timing chain. The motor only has 4-5000 miles on it. [smilie=e:

 

[68R/T]

A true 4-5k motor shouldn't have a sloppy timing chain or a worn distributor shaft. [smilie=e:

 

[dodgedifferent2]

how about one with 6k?

 

[68R/T]

how about one with 6k?

Even the original plastic toothed cam gear will survive 60k and the distributor well beyond that.