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OK, here’s one for you guys was driving home from Woodward last night lined up with my brother on 59 to catch a lane right after hitting third gear quick backfire and the car stalled I have a couple theories on what happened. Have you guys ever seen this?

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F21 said:
OK, here’s one for you guys was driving home from Woodward last night lined up with my brother on 59 to catch a lane right after hitting third gear quick backfire and the car stalled I have a couple theories on what happened. Have you guys ever seen this?

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:lol: Wow! The pick up blew up.
 
F21 said:
OK, here’s one for you guys was driving home from Woodward last night lined up with my brother on 59 to catch a lane right after hitting third gear quick backfire and the car stalled I have a couple theories on what happened. Have you guys ever seen this?

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Wow, I have seen coils go out, but never seen one come out.

Just recently had to get a new one for one of our cars and it was 30 bucks (and from China of course)
 
Have you ever seen this @halifaxhops?

charging voltage through the coil? It should run through a ballast. @F21
 
I think the housing for the windings came loose and got caught up in the reluctant wheel, then pulled all the wiring out
 
toolmanmike said:
Have you ever seen this @halifaxhops?

charging voltage through the coil? It should run through a ballast. @F21
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Ignition voltage doesn’t normally pass through that coil.
It should only be the 1 volt or so generated by the magnetic function as the reluctor tip passes.


F21 said:
I think the housing for the windings came loose and got caught up in the reluctant wheel, then pulled all the wiring out
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I think you hit it on the head.
 
Hahaha I have never seen anything like that before either when I pulled the cap off, I was like what the
 
Luckily, I had an old distributor at the house. Ran home to grab it. I was able to rig the pick up coil out of that to get me home.
 
I do not see how a 'short' in the ECU could cause this. Would expect to see some burned wire strands....Plus, with a new p/up, the OP drove home ok.

I think the p/up came loose & got tangled up with the reluctor &/or other parts.
 
Seen it in the aftermarket ones with the large reluctor, upper shaft bent and hit the pickup coil. Wow!
 
Newbomb Turk said:
Ok, I want to hear the explanation of how your beard wound up inside his distributor.

Be as detailed as you can.

Asking for a friend…
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Lol, I honestly don't know how except maybe copper thieves
 
It will not happen with this one. I epoxy the housing so no chance of it coming loose

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From what I have seen with the MSD & Chrys p/ups, the coil assy is merely pushed onto the steel projection. Just relies on being a tight fit. If not tight, or gets a bump, could come loose.
 
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