[AMC-list] Hornet Sportabout and the Duraspark upgrade - clip-on coil wiring a problem for anyone?

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

 After my Hornet "farted" last Friday night on a test drive and blew out the muffler, I got around to working on it again last night to find out why it's cutting off when driving along. I bought a new battery, and also got a ground cable to firmly ground the Duraspark computer module on the fender directly. After installing both of those items, I fired up the Hornet, and it immediately started doing the cut-out bit, while idling, it would just start to die, pick up, run awhile, try to die, keep running. Wasn't acting like a carb thing, too smooth when it WAS running. I started poking the wires, gently pulling on them and twisting them. Didn't seem to affect it, until I moved the coil snap-on boots - then it just died quickly. They are kinda spongy and loose on the terminals,I can hear faint clicks when I push them on, but it's not a positive feel. These are actually the original Presto-lite wiring harness boots on the coil. I just spliced the Duraspark
 wiring into them. When I pressed hard enough, I got a sort of positive click on both, and when I restarted the Hornet, it ran smooth and never shut off again by itself, even when I was wiggling and jiggling wires again. So I'm thinking it may be those clip-on boots on the coil that caused all my problems last week. 

 Anyone else had problems with the slip-on style wiring boots on coils? I"m thinking of cutting those off and using real nuts to tighten down some ring terminals on the wires. I just don't like the sound and "feel" of the loose fit I got with those. I'd be happier with a snug, tight nut-and-washer installation. Anyone else had this problem, or feel it's worth doing better than the original clip-on style coil wiring? Thanks for any input,

Jerry Casper
Sputtering '76 Sportabout



      
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