Quote: Wow, I saw that. I'm not that that was sparking. If it is, It's an amzingly hot coil. Good catch in the video. Amazing observation. Glad you caught that lifter.
Thanks Rick! I knew when I heard the squeak that something wasn't right. spent a solid week of frustration trying to figure it out. several times, I threw in the towel, said "_____ it" and went into the house to do something else.
glad I finally found it before it got REALLY bad! little bit of luck was on my side too, since when I found it, the axle and needle bearings were already gone, and it was just the roller and the lifter like in the picture. best I can figure, the only reason the roller stayed in place, was because it was "captured" by the lifter body, and held into place by the valve springs, and was getting enough oil to still allow it to spin, saving the cam.
As for the #8 wire sparking...I don't know that it was sparking, but then again, I don't know what that could have been on the video. I'll ohm the wires out and let you know what I find, but I think the wires are ok. the coil is NOT a "hot" coil by any means...it's the original 99 Dakota coil, same as all the other magnum engines, and it has 70K miles on it.
I was actually looking at getting a hotter coil like an MSD to bolt in place over the stock one, but don't know if it's a good idea to run an aftermarket coil on the stock ignition, and I don't know if the owner of the truck wants to spend money on an MSD6 box. I'd push him towards one of your coils so I could try them out, but we gotta keep the stock coil because that's where the cam position sensor is, which is what tells the computer when to fire the fuel injectors.
