Question on MSD
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08/12/16 04:13 PM
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Can you crank the engine over without the MSD hooked up at the dist... I have heard you shouldnt crank it without it dumping the voltage... is unplugging the dist good enough.... I need to crank/bump the engine to get the intermediate shaft to drop into the pump
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Re: Question on MSD
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How you gonna keep the distributor indexed doing this?, Should be able to drop shaft in different locations and work it around on gear at a time till it is indexed properly. Am I missing something? this is a small block right? I want the dist indexed in a certain place.. its into the cam gear but not into the pump EDIT Needs to go down about 1/2"
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Re: Question on MSD
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Well I'm gonna assume if the dist is unplugged and I turn the engine over it would be the same as the car sitting there with the ignition on... but I can turn it over with a socket but wanted to jump the relay and push down slightly to make sure it starts in... I just got done priming it
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Re: Question on MSD
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I've never heard that. I've pulled the coil wire and cranked an MSD engine quite a few times without any problems. What you are doing may be better as it never gets a trigger. I can't see either way there would ever be a problem.
I'm not sure I would design an ignition system that would self destruct in the event of a disconnected component. I would guess this is baloney.
Well, here is the clincher, I have never read that in the instructions, did I miss it? If its not there, then there is no problem. Well I guess I heard wrong then.. but I would rather ask then burn it up
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Re: Question on MSD
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Turn the engine by hand to get it where you want, allot easier to do that while you standing there with the engine. You don't need much. I did turn it by hand.. had to go 10* and it fell in
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Re: Question on MSD
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If the distributor is not plugged in the MSD has no idea the engine is turning anyways.
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Re: Question on MSD
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If the distributor is not plugged in the MSD has no idea the engine is turning anyways. Thats what I said earlier.... but the job is done so thanks guys
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