383 Chevy Stroker

[bd]

454 Camper Special, stop creating new threads regarding this problem!  Keep all of your posts regarding this issue contained to this thread!!

Now, is the coil married to the cap or divorced?  Do you have a test light?

[454 Camper Special]

10-4! Married..! Sorry I'm new to site...

[454 Camper Special]

Have a multi meter...no test light

[bd]

Multi-meter will work, but a test light would work best and there is less issue with interpretation.  Digital meters may not have the necessary response rate - the voltage may fluctuate too rapidly for the meter to display anything useful.  In this scenario, an analog meter will outperform a DVM.  You should pick up a 12v test light for future use.

Connect your meter across the coil primary connections and crank the engine.  Does the display/needle fluctuate?

[Don5]

I bet it is the Ignition Module. It is located inside the distributor under the rotor cap. It is bolted down to the top of the metal plate with two screws. They are pretty cheap as far as cost too.  They can develop a crack and you won't know it until it kills the engine. I always start with this first if I am not getting spark. They are cheaply made now of days so you want to carry an extra one. All you need is a screwdriver to fix this. 

 I had my truck quit on me going down the road one time. It was a very weird feeling to go from 1500 rpm to nothing. It would not start either. I had to have it towed home. I learned after that to always have a spare in the glovebox. They are cheap insurance. It will happen to you once and you will know instantly what it is when or if it occurs again.

[Don5]

And also I brought it up on the compression stroke dtc #1... rotor button pointing to #1... and on the cap #1 plug wire is right lined with rotor button... checked and recheck firing order... It's rite on... You suppose the module in the HEI would fail it would cause it to quit.. ?? Maybe I should be checking that too..??

I went back and reread this thread. I honestly think you answered your own question. I will be very surprised if it is anything else.

[454 Camper Special]

Yeah... I hear ya.. It's the dang module..! What would cause the digital module to fail..?? I noticed I have voltage coming off ignition wire and also tach wire..?? This normal..?? Wiring is a nightmare in that truck..!! Was just sitting and idling when it quit.. $105.00 for a new MSD module... Or I could bypass it and wire up the digital MSD 6-AL box..

[454 Camper Special]

I've been just steering away from using the box due to the wiring disaster of the truck.. (78 K20)

[454 Camper Special]

What the truck really needs is a Painless Wiring kit..!

[454 Camper Special]

Just want to say thank you for the help fella's...and at the same time...apologize for the inconsistencies...venturing off the thread...like I said before...this is the first time on a forum... But like I've heard is true... Pretty dang knowledgeable people... Much appreciated..!!

[454 Camper Special]

I looked up at the top of the screen at the followers... 456 followers..!! It's pretty coincidental...! Cause that is the gear ratio I wanna run.. 456's front n back...that is after I can save up enough scratch for the Dana 60 front to work with the 14 bolt corporate rear... Want a NV 4500 tranny... but for now the Turbo 400 mated with the NP 205 will do... Only trouble is..She just beggs for another gear!!! Lol

[bd]

Yeah... I hear ya.. It's the dang module..! What would cause the digital module to fail..?? I noticed I have voltage coming off ignition wire and also tach wire..?? This normal..?? Wiring is a nightmare in that truck..!! Was just sitting and idling when it quit.. $105.00 for a new MSD module... Or I could bypass it and wire up the digital MSD 6-AL box..

How did you actually determine the module is the culprit?

[454 Camper Special]

Put the AC Delco Remy back in to cross reference it

[454 Camper Special]

I have a goldmine of Ol'Skool GM parts...motors etc...etc.. to fall back on...

[454 Camper Special]

Well.. for some reason the brown tachometer wire is live.. 11.5 V when the key is turned on... I was under the understanding that the tach wire shouldn't be live until it's plugged into coil... Mine is live before connected to the coil... I think that ruinned the module... The day it quit I had it connected to the designated tach wire that the MSD Pro Billett HEI distributor has on their distributors... Not certain...but I believe that's what happened to the module... That distributor sat on the workbench all winter...It might have 2000 miles on it... Discouraging....!!! :/