I have a '65 Ranchero with the 200, C4 auto. Having a very difficult time getting it to run after installing a DSII kit and Autolite 1101 carb. I've researched for hours and read over and over all I could find including all the Tech Archives regarding ignition system and the excellent "Performance Handbook" by the Schjeldahl's. I'm not stupid, but I'm not great with electrical stuff. I'm ready to slit my wrists. Please help with kindness and patience. I know this topic has been addressed many times before.
When I bought the DSII kit, Matt didn't have the dizzy in stock (there's more to this but needless to recount. Matt was great). To save time I bought a reman Cardone #302690 for a '78 Fairmont 3.3L from Autozone and got the Dyna Mod, coil, resistor, and Live Wires from Vintage Inlines. Installed all with great care.
When I turn the key the motor labors like the battery is dead- barely turns over. Tested and fully charged the battery- it's fine. Finally tested the voltage to the + side of coil and it's only getting 6 volts with key in both "run" and "start" positions. The "I" terminal on solenoid gets full 12.6 in both key positions.
I believe the problem is the way I've wired the gold-colored resistor which came with the module kit (please don't laugh I was following instructions)- with the resistor wired in between the 12v ignition and the + terminal on the coil. This seems obvious to me now because I have tested the voltage both before (12v) and after (6v) the resistor. However, in my defense and as per the diagram and instructions I received from Performance Distributors with the kit entitled, "PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTORS STREET/STRIP DURASPARK WIRING DIAGRAM", the 12v wire coming from the ignition switch leads directly to the resistor input with the output side leading to the + terminal on coil. But I don't have the "Performance Distributors" dizzy, so maybe that's why it is illustrated as such... but I still don't get that diagram (attached).
In my research I poured over several other wiring diagrams including this site's excellent archive, "Duraspark II Distributor", but that diagram does not include a resistor, and from what I can see, it has a 12v wire going directly from ignition switch to coil, and states in the text, "Run this new wire, yellow in my diagram, through the firewall and to the coil, if needed install the resistor that came with the Dyna Module kit." Where??!! This diagram is from the author's '67 Mustang which he earlier states has the MSD6A which may account for no resistor pictured.
All other diagrams, descriptions I have found have not clearly addressed this particular scenario and have issued dire warnings of burning up the solenoid and possibly the entire car.
So it seems that I need to install this resistor, but it seems that I've got it in the wrong place, squeezing the voltage in between the ignition and the coil. And I can't find a wiring diagram or detailed description of where to wire the resistor in conjunction with the parts I am using. A diagram would be greatly appreciated.
I admit that if I better understood electricity I could figure this out, but I don't and can't at this time.
Perhaps there are multiple problems, but I have managed to get it running with starting fluid, badly out of time, for 3-4 minutes, as long as I had my foot on the accelerator, (I was working solo and tried to dash from the driver's seat to the engine in order to rotate the distributor cap and of course it died before I could get there) so I'm somewhat confident that the carb is functioning reasonably well and that I'm at TDS. Sorry for the long post, I tried to be detailed.
When I bought the DSII kit, Matt didn't have the dizzy in stock (there's more to this but needless to recount. Matt was great). To save time I bought a reman Cardone #302690 for a '78 Fairmont 3.3L from Autozone and got the Dyna Mod, coil, resistor, and Live Wires from Vintage Inlines. Installed all with great care.
When I turn the key the motor labors like the battery is dead- barely turns over. Tested and fully charged the battery- it's fine. Finally tested the voltage to the + side of coil and it's only getting 6 volts with key in both "run" and "start" positions. The "I" terminal on solenoid gets full 12.6 in both key positions.
I believe the problem is the way I've wired the gold-colored resistor which came with the module kit (please don't laugh I was following instructions)- with the resistor wired in between the 12v ignition and the + terminal on the coil. This seems obvious to me now because I have tested the voltage both before (12v) and after (6v) the resistor. However, in my defense and as per the diagram and instructions I received from Performance Distributors with the kit entitled, "PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTORS STREET/STRIP DURASPARK WIRING DIAGRAM", the 12v wire coming from the ignition switch leads directly to the resistor input with the output side leading to the + terminal on coil. But I don't have the "Performance Distributors" dizzy, so maybe that's why it is illustrated as such... but I still don't get that diagram (attached).
In my research I poured over several other wiring diagrams including this site's excellent archive, "Duraspark II Distributor", but that diagram does not include a resistor, and from what I can see, it has a 12v wire going directly from ignition switch to coil, and states in the text, "Run this new wire, yellow in my diagram, through the firewall and to the coil, if needed install the resistor that came with the Dyna Module kit." Where??!! This diagram is from the author's '67 Mustang which he earlier states has the MSD6A which may account for no resistor pictured.
All other diagrams, descriptions I have found have not clearly addressed this particular scenario and have issued dire warnings of burning up the solenoid and possibly the entire car.
So it seems that I need to install this resistor, but it seems that I've got it in the wrong place, squeezing the voltage in between the ignition and the coil. And I can't find a wiring diagram or detailed description of where to wire the resistor in conjunction with the parts I am using. A diagram would be greatly appreciated.
I admit that if I better understood electricity I could figure this out, but I don't and can't at this time.
Perhaps there are multiple problems, but I have managed to get it running with starting fluid, badly out of time, for 3-4 minutes, as long as I had my foot on the accelerator, (I was working solo and tried to dash from the driver's seat to the engine in order to rotate the distributor cap and of course it died before I could get there) so I'm somewhat confident that the carb is functioning reasonably well and that I'm at TDS. Sorry for the long post, I tried to be detailed.