Thread: H.e.i. conversion problems
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09-02-2004 06:51 PM #1
H.e.i. conversion problems
I'm working on switching my brothers '66 catalina to a h.e.i. ignition. The ignition is out of a later pontiac and has an aftermarket coil on top of it. The problem is it won't start. I had ran a wire from the battery to the positive on the distributor just to test it and it would barely try to start but would never start. I had made the mark on the firewall and lined it up and put the wires in their places.
Anybody have any ideas on what the problem is??Gerig Michael H.
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'60 Buick LeSabre Flat top x2
'78 Mercury Monarch 2-door ghia(1 of 2 know)
'66 Pontiac Catalina(brother)
'98 Cadillac DeVille(parents)
Wanted: '60 LeSabre A/C components
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"There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles.
It was the day they built the second automobile." -Richard Petty
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09-02-2004 07:25 PM #2
try touching it to the coil.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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09-02-2004 07:28 PM #3
IS THE DIST. MADE FOR THAT MOTOR AND IS THE FIRING ORDER THE SAME?Mike
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09-02-2004 07:41 PM #4
Touching what for the coil?
The firing order is the same but the dist. is from a later pontiac but they are compatableGerig Michael H.
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'60 Buick LeSabre Flat top x2
'78 Mercury Monarch 2-door ghia(1 of 2 know)
'66 Pontiac Catalina(brother)
'98 Cadillac DeVille(parents)
Wanted: '60 LeSabre A/C components
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"There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles.
It was the day they built the second automobile." -Richard Petty
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09-02-2004 07:51 PM #5
Originally posted by '60buickrod
Touching what for the coil?
You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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09-02-2004 08:00 PM #6
sorry, I should have specified. The coil is on top of the distributor between them is a wiring harness that has the positive for them on itGerig Michael H.
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'60 Buick LeSabre Flat top x2
'78 Mercury Monarch 2-door ghia(1 of 2 know)
'66 Pontiac Catalina(brother)
'98 Cadillac DeVille(parents)
Wanted: '60 LeSabre A/C components
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"There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles.
It was the day they built the second automobile." -Richard Petty
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09-02-2004 09:31 PM #7
Don't forget to remove the ballast resistor, HEI doesn't work with one.
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09-02-2004 09:35 PM #8
Was the dist from a running motor, Did you change the cap? If so did you change the ground wire or sometimes a strap that goes in the center slot on cap?TEAMWORK is essential, it allows you to blame someone else!
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09-03-2004 08:29 AM #9
I ran the wire straight from the battery before I wired it through the car so I bypassed the resistor.
I got it off of ebay, the guy said it was off of a running motor. I didn't change the cap and the grounds are all thereGerig Michael H.
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'60 Buick LeSabre Flat top x2
'78 Mercury Monarch 2-door ghia(1 of 2 know)
'66 Pontiac Catalina(brother)
'98 Cadillac DeVille(parents)
Wanted: '60 LeSabre A/C components
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"There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles.
It was the day they built the second automobile." -Richard Petty
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09-04-2004 11:45 AM #10
It turns out I just have a form of distributor dislexia, the past two times I've distributors in I've put the in backwordsGerig Michael H.
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'60 Buick LeSabre Flat top x2
'78 Mercury Monarch 2-door ghia(1 of 2 know)
'66 Pontiac Catalina(brother)
'98 Cadillac DeVille(parents)
Wanted: '60 LeSabre A/C components
-----------------------------------
"There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles.
It was the day they built the second automobile." -Richard Petty
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09-06-2004 02:54 PM #11
Have you attempted to rotate the distributor as you attempt to start it? The timing may be way off.
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09-06-2004 03:23 PM #12
Yeah the timing was way off (look at my last post)Gerig Michael H.
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'60 Buick LeSabre Flat top x2
'78 Mercury Monarch 2-door ghia(1 of 2 know)
'66 Pontiac Catalina(brother)
'98 Cadillac DeVille(parents)
Wanted: '60 LeSabre A/C components
-----------------------------------
"There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles.
It was the day they built the second automobile." -Richard Petty
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09-07-2004 04:42 AM #13
Oh yeah, my bad wasn't sure what you meant by the previous post. Glad you got it going.
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