success
would you believe
i don't but wow what a wild answer & how it was found
ok
here is what i found:
stick w/ me on this..........
the coil ground wire [all three] is/are about 1.5'' long. i had it placed under the cap [remember it's a coil in cap setup], with this cap the coil is held up inside the cap by 4 brass furrels. these furrels push into the 4 holes that the screws also go thru and are a pressure fit into the plastic hole. when you remove the 4 screws and lift off the cap the coil is still attached to the plastic cap. the thought was when this was altogether the coil was hanging down and the weight of the coil left a gap and for ?+*#@?? reason & the brass didn't make contact!! :mad:!!! i had the solderless ring terminal end touching the brass furrells as it was pushed into the cap, LAST, between the plastic and coil frame BUT still ''touching the brass ???? HUMMMM
NOT !!
what i should have done is have the ground ring terminal end first, like this photo shows, where the larger part of the brass
makes better contact w/ the ground ring terminal.
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/?action=view¤t=IMG_1198.jpgall HEI's have a bent piece of metal that this brass furrell and coil frame comes to contact & grounds to when everything is screwed down snug. appearantly there must be some sort of a gap in my cap where the plastic and coil frame touch and for some strange reason the brass furrell did not complete a circuit!!!!! WOW
it did not allow a solid ground to the center spade when it was plugged into the three wire HEI coil/ control module plug.
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/?action=view¤t=IMG_1195.jpgi discovered this when we had it all apart and made up a series of wire clips so we knew just what was touching what.
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/?action=view¤t=IMG_1193.jpghttp://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/?action=view¤t=IMG_1191.jpghttp://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/?action=view¤t=IMG_1190.jpgthis photo shows a couple clips to ground and a 12vdc hot wire
ADDED INFO: as far as the bent piece that actually grounds the screw, the coil frame to the bent metal piece that is the center spade of the three spade wire connector to the distributor plug, i filed the end to get to bare unplated metal and added a dab of soft solder to build it up and create a good contact to the screw and brass furrel when the cap was all put back together. this we cannot see when put together. the soldered ring end is where the brass furrell is next to in photo.
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/1951otter/?action=view¤t=IMG_1197.jpgthe coil was not grounded in the right/best possible location .... go figure
thanks guys
WOW
