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Old Jul 2, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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HEI ignition wire

Question: If you caught your engine bay on fire and burned all the insulation off your ignition (BAT) wire, would you tape it and continue to use it, or change it ?
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Old Jul 2, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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Re: HEI ignition wire

Change it out for a new one and be done with it. Why did the engine catch fire
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 12:41 AM
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Re: HEI ignition wire

Heh love a loaded question. Only one right answer - what do YOU think it is?
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 06:09 PM
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Re: HEI ignition wire

Adjusting the float levels on the Holley carb., don't know where the spark came from, didn't have fire ex. handy tried to put it out with a quilt which also caught fire---BIG MESS !
Call Me Dumb A** !

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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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Re: HEI ignition wire

Hoping against Hope ! Might be why I'm frying ignition modules-----ya think! ?
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 06:24 PM
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Re: HEI ignition wire

Might as well do it right, gonna change the coil and module (matching this time),change the wires, install a 180* thermo and set the plug gap down to .040 . It's a 78 dizzy in an 84, if it still keeps killing them (module), I'll have to look at the tach as a probable cause----I don't want to loose my tach. !!
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