Standed by MSD 6AL

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Driving home last night my car dies going 75 mph on I-5. Got pulled over and tried to restart with know luck. I did not have any tools to trouble shoot pluss it was too dangerous with all the traffic flying by 2' away. Called AAA and was brought home safely on a truck.

I went through all the normal trouble shooting and it looks like the 6-AL box is dead. The box is 7 years old + -.



How long does it take if you send one in for repairs? Is there much of a savings going repaired over new?

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We keep a spare box in the truck , nothing worse than towing outa state and the box fails trying to get off the trailer

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Better to have and not need than to need and not have. I always have tools in my old cars, but wrenching on the side of the road while traffic whizzes by at 90 makes a great addition to any "fixed it myself" story!

I used to have the Mopar ECI as a back up just in case the MSD takes a time out.

Nice looking car!

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Having two sounds like a good idea but I'm not sure how many spare parts a guy needs to haul along. On long trips (1,000 miles round trip) I will always load up with tools and a few extra parts.


I agree, its one thing to carry a ballast resistor
which are cheap and use to quit on a regular basis
but to carry a MSD box is sorta pricey (plus takes
up a fair bit of room in the car). Yeah I have a TON
of spare stuff in the race car trailer but not much
stuff in the street cars..... thats what the cell
phone is for

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I guess I missed the part were they said this hobby is cheap. And those little 50 dollar tool boxes from Sears don't take up that much.

What's 200 dollars when we have so much in the cars to begin with?

What about when your cell phone dosen't work. Just saying...

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If... If... If... If I only had a spare engine, a
spare electrical system, a spare trans... even with
all the spare parts that you could/might carry...
you wont have the one part that fails... Murphy's
law.
I carry some tools in my street rod and regular
street car but it better be a minor problem

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Having two sounds like a good idea but I'm not sure how many spare parts a guy needs to haul along. On long trips (1,000 miles round trip) I will always load up with tools and a few extra parts. This was a short 150 mile round that only made it 105 miles.
If it on a trailer it broken or stolen

Hope I can find a receipt. I will give MSD a call in the morning and see what think for a turnaround time.

Thanks for the help and compliments on the car.

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Hey I carry a spare MSD when we go outta town for the race rig But I dident think of a spare ICM for my powerstroke

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Yeah I carry 2 spare 7 Al boxes in the race trailer
and most stuff to rebuild about half of the car, gasket
sets, rocker sets, I use to carry a spare cyl head,
spare rear gear set. If I loaded up to go south for
a month or so I would even load a spare engine. But
the last time I broke... of all things I broke the
throttle cable and of course didnt have one... I
do now... but I'll never break that again... because
I have one... thats Murphy's law

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Well,Everything within reason of course Mr P

At least you guys get to have your cars break on you, I don't have any Dodge products in Baghdad since the tank battalion moved out...

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Well, I carry a spare for my spare...so it doesn't get lonely in the tool box all by itself! I would carry a spare engine but then I would have no place for the cherry picker, trans jack or battery charger. It's only a 2door you know.

Did I mention Mr Murphy has his trailer parked in my drive way? Oh yeah, me and him are good, good friends!

Everything within reason of course Mr P

At least you guys get to have your cars break on you, I don't have any Dodge products in Baghdad since the tank battalion moved out...

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Hey , how does that rig do in the mud?

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Well, I carry a spare for my spare...so it doesn't get lonely in the tool box all by itself! I would carry a spare engine but then I would have no place for the cherry picker, trans jack or battery charger. It's only a 2door you know.

Did I mention Mr Murphy has his trailer parked in my drive way? Oh yeah, me and him are good, good friends!

Everything within reason of course Mr P

At least you guys get to have your cars break on you, I don't have any Dodge products in Baghdad since the tank battalion moved out...

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... how often do you guys get on a computer
over there....... by the way..... THANKS for your service