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by dustbull70
Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:27 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Id like to think that im not just throwing parts at the car, but my new plan is to run the ignition exactly as i had been running it on the carbed engine. I plan on picking up a crank trigger to isolate the efi from the ignition system. When the efi is up and running (and i get my second vehicle on ...
by dustbull70
Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:49 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Thanks for looking, yea i know the msl didnt show much, i didnt think it was that important for tuning, mostly because i didnt know how to really read it...i understand the viewer better now though. i wish i couldve taken a log when it was running, i do have a video (not that that helps) but it ...
by dustbull70
Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:40 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

I dont have a recent data log of the issue...the only data log i have was taken on the weekend that it actually ran for several minutes. This is the current msq that i am running...i dont have a restore point back to what it was when it was running, but i see nothing that is wrong/different then ...
by dustbull70
Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:14 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

anyone have any ideas? I only get to work on it on the weekends, i need some backup ideas...any setting issues or anything to look at other then those wires. thanks
by dustbull70
Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

The light is approx 15yrs old, very basic light..there is a clip that goes over the spark plug wire, not a direct plug in...I had the exact same ignition system in the car for two years and had no problems whatsoever, the only thing that ive modified was the pull-up circuit and basically splicing ...
by dustbull70
Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:10 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Got a new battery and am getting over 10v at cranking...im getting a spark, but i seems to have a 'roving' timing advance that doesnt want to stay near what it is set to (im using a different battery to power the timing light, so it isnt influencing the signal as previously stated)...thats one of ...
by dustbull70
Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:59 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

i installed c12, c30 and made sure that the input signal wire to the MS was completely shielded and i am still getting very weird signals ONLY when i have the timing light on. otherwise the tach and tunerstudios rpm gauge are very steady. I can get the engine to caugh over but that is all, nothing ...
by dustbull70
Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:35 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Thanks for the reply, i did a few test and have come to the conclusion that my timing was off, BUT the TIMING LIGHT is causing noise in the signal... with the trigger pulled on the light the tachometer jumps up to 2000rpm when cranking...with the light off it seems to be giving true rpm readings ...
by dustbull70
Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:43 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Well, i didnt fry the coil, but i havnt tested the Hyfire 6AL box yet-ive been bypassing it to try to get the engine going. What im confused about is what changed from last week to this week? Wiring is all the same, i dont know what could cause there to be no spark now...Im thinking that maybe the ...
by dustbull70
Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:29 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

...OK, now im not even getting a spark,im getting a cranking trigger from the distributor, but no output...I dont know if i fried the board or if its something stupid. Putting a multimeter to the + and - wires going to the coil: with the key on i get 12V, but while cranking voltage is going down ...
by dustbull70
Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Thanks again Matt!

Im running a unilite distributor, since its running o.k. im not too worried about the input signal...i had also read about the going high vs going low output, that was the reason i started this thread. Ill try everything out this weekend and hopefully get it tuned well enough to ...
by dustbull70
Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:31 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Thanks for the clarification, I was aware of the different codes, but not of their differences programatically. I am running MS II rev 2.90500.

As i had stated i had set the dwell and max spark to 25.5 but had also brought it down to 3.5ms and saw little difference between the two (granted i was ...
by dustbull70
Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:21 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Thanks for the reply. I understand that must be the case since my posts keep getting moved...since im running MSII and have an ignition troubleshooting/tuning question about it i can see why i should be posting at MSextra.com instead of the forum titled EXACTLY what my issue is in ("MS-II Ignition ...
by dustbull70
Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:26 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Re: Ignition settings for MSD and points

Anyone have an idea about the dwell settings at least?
by dustbull70
Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:49 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Ignition settings for MSD and points
Replies: 21
Views: 763

Ignition settings for MSD and points

Hello everyone,
after a lot of help and troubleshooting i finally got my car to start. I can barely get the car to run long enough to try and diagnose whether anything is wrong with the ignition, or if its just how far off my VE table is so...

The problem i am having is that it has a very unstable ...
by dustbull70
Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:40 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: MSD setup/wiring verification please
Replies: 7
Views: 343

Re: MSD setup/wiring verification please

Huh, thanks, that makes a bit more sense...i got the Dwell and spark set to 25.5 now. But can anyone else confirm that pin 24 goes to TACH on the relay board and pin 36 goes to S5? Also, are those the only two wires i need to connect for the MSD box and optical dist? it just seems like im missing ...
by dustbull70
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:36 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: MSD setup/wiring verification please
Replies: 7
Views: 343

Re: MSD setup/wiring verification please

Sorry, just forgot to mention that i am unclear on the dwell and spark settings. Tunerstudio is telling me i cannot have a dwell greater than 8...im trying to search for why as you read this, thanks.
by dustbull70
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:00 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: MSD setup/wiring verification please
Replies: 7
Views: 343

MSD setup/wiring verification please

Hello everyone, Im at the stage of trying to figure out how to wire the car up. I have assembled my MS II and relay board already. I will be using my existing ignition: Mallory Hyfire 6al and Mallory unilite distributor-but of course controlling the advance/retarding by the MS. I want to make sure ...
by dustbull70
Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:32 pm
Forum: General Information
Topic: Running car w/ carb and MS II hooked up?
Replies: 5
Views: 543

Re: Running car w/ carb and MS II hooked up?

Great! Thanks for your help! ...I do intend on running the electric pump, but it will be to a return style efi regulator, then thru another temporary cheap regulator to get the pressure from 20 to 5-7psi.
by dustbull70
Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:55 am
Forum: General Information
Topic: Running car w/ carb and MS II hooked up?
Replies: 5
Views: 543

Running car w/ carb and MS II hooked up?

Hello everyone,
I am putting a MS II into my 1970 Duster with port injection. I Have just finished building my MS II board and everything checks out with the tests in the manual. The biggest issue i have with this conversion is that the duster is my only means of transportation, so i need to make ...