Re: [Amc-list] 61 American Deluxe 2 door sedan - electronic ignition

["Dan Ritzinger" <danritz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A couple of years ago, my son's friend gave me an MSD box (a 6A, I believe) 
that was giving him problems that he didn't want to deal with.  I checked 
with MSD and found that the maximum charge for repairs, per their policy, 
would be 40.00; the cost could be less if the problem was minor.  I shipped 
it in, paid $40.00, and we've been running it without any problems since.  I 
just did a super fast Google, and found this:

"If the unit is within the warrenty period then it will be repaired at no 
charge. If the warrenty has expired then the maximum repair charge for a 6 
Series Ignition will be $65."

If this is accurate, then the minimum charge must have increased.  But even 
so, sometimes fixing what you have for $65 makes more sense than popping big 
bucks for a new unit.

For anyone interested in pursuing, a quick call to MSD would undoubtedly be 
a good move to confirm that the policy is still in place, and what the 
current max charge is.  I'm just bringing this up to make folks aware of the 
option.

Dan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] 61 American Deluxe 2 door sedan - electronic 
ignition


>I bought a used MSD box ONCE.
> Found out why it was used and for sale....
> Car would start, but would not run for crap...
> Unless someone would let me test drive it I would not buy another used 
> one.
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
> " Chronic Pain Hurts"
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
>> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, JOE FULTON wrote:
>>
>> > An MSD box is another option though, like Mark
>> > mentioned, and your points distributor would be
>> > running very low current to just trigger the MSD box.
>> > If the distributor is in good shape (bushings, cent
>> > advance, etc.) it would work very well and your points
>> > would last forever.
>>
>> Yeah, at the max. RPMs the 195.6 turns, points bounce is a
>> non-issue! THe pertronix fits entirely inside the distributor,
>> no box to mount. But you can get MSD 5's used, cheap. Your call!
>>
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