Help!!! Shutting off issue

[texas tough]

next time it kills, pull the wire off off the coil, and use a insulated screwdriver to see if spark will jump from the coil to the screwdriver. ground the screwdriver. if no sparky, unplug the timing connector wire on the firewall./. try again.. if no spark theres eiher a problem in the distributor, ignition coil, or wire. sometimes when warm, the coil wire will arc to the throttle tubing. its dark now, u can get a bottle of soapy water, spray down your ignition wires, distributor cap, coil wire, have someone crank it and see if u see a spark arcing somewhere.

 

[texas tough]

I get most of my parts from Federated Auto. I believe it cost me around 180 for the distributor. I removed the ICM that was in it and put a Standard ICM in it

may I ask why? wasnt the module that came with it new?

 

[Matt Conner]

may I ask why? wasnt the module that came with it new?

It was but I was having the issue again so I took it off and noticed the heat sink was all crusty so I thought maybe it burnt up that module so I put a new one in it and put fresh paste on the module and reinstalled it but that didn’t fix it

 

[Matt Conner]

next time it kills, pull the wire off off the coil, and use a insulated screwdriver to see if spark will jump from the coil to the screwdriver. ground the screwdriver. if no sparky, unplug the timing connector wire on the firewall./. try again.. if no spark theres eiher a problem in the distributor, ignition coil, or wire. sometimes when warm, the coil wire will arc to the throttle tubing. its dark now, u can get a bottle of soapy water, spray down your ignition wires, distributor cap, coil wire, have someone crank it and see if u see a spark arcing somewhere.

The wires that run from the coil to the distributor?

 

[texas tough]

I would send the distributor back and get a refund, then buy a different one.. you likely got **** parts... but being they are new, it makes u think its something else.

 

[Matt Conner]

I would send the distributor back and get a refund, then buy a different one.. you likely got **** parts... but being they are new, it makes u think its something else.

That’s what happened the first time. Got a distributor, had the issue, changed the distributor and it was fine, then started to do it again. The parts are under warranty, since I work at a shop, they exchange parts for us free of charge.

 

[texas tough]

The wires that run from the coil to the distributor?

ONLY ONE WIRE from coil to distributor

 

[Matt Conner]

ONLY ONE WIRE from coil to distributor

There’s the two wire connector, so which wire do I jump to check for juice? Or do I unplug it all together and just put the screwdriver to the coil?

 

[texas tough]

if your not getting spark from the coil, you have a problem in the distributor or the coil is failing,

 

[Matt Conner]

There’s the two wire connector, so which wire do I jump to check for juice? Or do I unplug it all together and just put the screwdriver to the coil?

I just realized you meant the coil wire that goes to the cap, sorry