[MrBill66Malibu]

HEI experts, please HELP "UPDATE" 4/14/07

My brother has a 84 Chevy PU with a 350. Last year while changing out his intake (We installed my Performer so I could use his Performer RPM which was mismatched for his engine). We found the HEI dist was wasted, the weights and pins were worn through. We installed a AutoZone rebuilt unit. Since then every 4 months it burns up the ignition coil. What would cause this? Thanks in advance for any help. BTW the previous owner was a jerk, this poor truck has been hacked up in every way possible. Why he ever bought this POS, I have no idea. It used to have dual tanks, it's cut out. It has a th350, it used to have a 700R, it needs the low 1st with the 4WD. the list is endless.

Bill

 

[gnicholson]

Look at all your connections and make sure they are clean and tight. Is the ground strap in place under the coil?

 

[csmnlm]

Try switching out the dist cap and rotor

 

[Tom Mobley]

ground strap under the coil. or, it could be the cheap module in the rebuilt dist. check for the ground strap, if it's there go buy a decent module at NAPA.

 

[MrBill66Malibu]

Thanks for all the replys, I will check it out in the morning and post results

 

[MrBill66Malibu]

Re: HEI experts, please HELP "UPDATE"

It turned out the ground strap was not installed. The new one from NAPA didn’t have one in the box. Luckily my brother had one. Thanks guys for the advise, I have not had much experience with HEI. I learned a valuable lesson today!!!

Bill