IGNITION MODULE pissing me off!!

[TYTILIDIE]

So I went on my long awaited trip last weekend and spent about $1000 getting the TY ready for it. We went all over Colorado up and down Mountains, well over 100 down highways, rain, shine, night, day, you get the point. So we get back, drop off our stuff at home and we go to pick up my daughter and less htan a block from the house the truck dies. This has happend to me once before when I had been driving all day on a hot day. I changed the IGN Module and it was fine. Ofcourse that was about an hour later. Anyway, I have no Tach flutter when this happens. It seems like the truck gets no gas or spark. It gets good FP though just wont start up or it will then die right away. So we towed it up the street and later on last night it fired right up and I even drove it for a while today and it never skipped a beat. Im pretty sure its the IGN MOD being a whore and am wondering a) what causes this( module is very new and so was the last one) b) would an aftermarket one do me any justice? c) whats the best thing to do to keep this from happening? Any input is greatly appreciated.

 

[It's just a six]

Re: IGNITION MODULE pissing me off!!

Heat kills the module, I think there are kits to relocate the module outside the dist.
Goodluck!!

 

[supersports10]

Re: IGNITION MODULE pissing me off!!

So I went on my long awaited trip last weekend and spent about $1000 getting the TY ready for it. We went all over Colorado up and down Mountains, well over 100 down highways, rain, shine, night, day, you get the point. So we get back, drop off our stuff at home and we go to pick up my daughter and less htan a block from the house the truck dies. This has happend to me once before when I had been driving all day on a hot day. I changed the IGN Module and it was fine. Ofcourse that was about an hour later. Anyway, I have no Tach flutter when this happens. It seems like the truck gets no gas or spark. It gets good FP though just wont start up or it will then die right away. So we towed it up the street and later on last night it fired right up and I even drove it for a while today and it never skipped a beat. Im pretty sure its the IGN MOD being a whore and am wondering a) what causes this( module is very new and so was the last one) b) would an aftermarket one do me any justice? c) whats the best thing to do to keep this from happening? Any input is greatly appreciated.

buy 10 at a time!!!! i keep 3-4 around at all times.

SS:tup:

 

[SY2932]

Re: IGNITION MODULE pissing me off!!

If you didn't throughly clean where the module sits as well as the bottom of the module itself before using the heat sink grease, you WILL have problems. That is how the module dissipates heat and keeps it from getting too hot.

 

[supersports10]

Re: IGNITION MODULE pissing me off!!

If you didn't throughly clean where the module sits as well as the bottom of the module itself before using the heat sink grease, you WILL have problems. That is how the module dissipates heat and keeps it from getting too hot.

i second this!!!!!!!!!:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:

SS

 

[Jer]

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Yup, gotta use heat grease. Even then these trucks eat 'em like PEZ.

 

[supersports10]

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Yup, gotta use heat grease. Even then these trucks eat 'em like pez!.

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :tup: that friggin rocks! pop shot outta my nose on that one, good one.

SS:tup:

 

[MRKING]

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c) whats the best thing to do to keep this from happening? Any input is greatly appreciated.

Try the LS1 coil setup .

 

[TYTILIDIE]

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Try the LS1 coil setup .

yeah dont i wish.

 

[Jer]

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:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :tup: that friggin rocks! pop shot outta my nose on that one, good one.

SS:tup:

I aim to please. I was gonna say ZOTZ and at the last minute went PEZ and I'm glad I went that way with it. Speaking of which.. I'm gonna got get a ZOTZ!

 

[Loeryder]

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I use the heatsink compound for CPUs.
You can find it at CompUSA or even Best Buy.

It has silver mixed in with it to improve conductivity so you are not supposed to get it on your skin.

 

[bezerk]

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not trying to be a jack ass, but i would replace the relay of the feulpump also, they are cheap, and bad relays can do some pretty weird things

 

[#2875]

Re: IGNITION MODULE pissing me off!!

i would be interested in this if you have any more info

Heat kills the module, I think there are kits to relocate the module outside the dist.
Goodluck!!

also, most auto parts stores have a high end module.

 

[TYTILIDIE]

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i would be interested in this if you have any more info



also, most auto parts stores have a high end module.

From what Ive seen, this does not exist. Not for our set up anyway. As for a high end module, Ill probably look into that.

 

[#2875]

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beware... its $100+

From what Ive seen, this does not exist. Not for our set up anyway. As for a high end module, Ill probably look into that.

 

[Jer]

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beware... its $100+

...and doesn't last a whole hell of a lot longer.

 

[skwayb]

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Try the LS1 coil setup .

UH it still needs the module to communicate with the ECM even when using the eDist and LS1 setup.

Jim Sloan has a page with the pictures and information on it. I can't find the post with the link to the setup.

 

[MRKING]

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http://www.sunflower.com/~leroy/edist.htm

 

[#2875]

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sweet, i think this my next mod.

http://www.sunflower.com/~leroy/edist.htm

 

[ZMann]

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Wow... Jim continues to amaze me. He's bailed me out and HELPED me out more than anyone... then again he used to be the closest syty owner within 5 hours! Now we are 30 minutes apart. Yaaaa. Now where's my truck