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Well I am done ever buying or recommending MSD stuff to anyone. I have only had 1 MSD product not fail in short order or be bad out of the box. I have a set of MSD plug wires still on my S-10 that have been going strong for 5 years but I did crimp them myself.
This last incident was a set of wires for a 396 Chevy. They were ready fit and all went on fine but when I went to time the distributor (Pertronix) I got a shock that went right up my arm and into my chest. Scared the living shit out of me so I checked all the wires and they were all pressed down firm. So I tried again and got the same blast up my arm. So I timed it by shutting the engine off while I adjusted the distributor and got it time but it just misfired like crazy. So I checked the cap for cracks and checked all the plugs for problems, it was all fine. Ran to the store and bought a cheep Autolite set just for a test and the car ran like a top.
I have used a lot of MSD stuff that has failed:
- DIS4 (failed within a year MSD admitted at least 1%failure rate. At least it came with a bypass harness just in case it failed LOL)
- MSD GM Coil Packs (failed before the DIS4 on same car replaced under warranty at the sore and they all failed again. GM units have never failed)
- GM Coil packs to DIS4 adapters (all melted around the terminals and yes I used di electric grease)
- MSD Wires for a GM 4.3L ready fit. (Failed with misfire condition in less than 1 year)
- MSD GM Remote mount coil for my Trooper (filed in a few weeks. Made in China sticker on the coil)
So I will avoid them like the plague now. I feel they are just well advertised overpriced crap just as bad a FRAM.
My S-10 has a full Crane Cams ignition and I have never touched or adjusted a thing since the day I put it in and all the parts together were hundreds of dollars cheaper than MSD equivalent
I have a rant about Centerforce but I vented that on the Isuzu forum a while ago.
This last incident was a set of wires for a 396 Chevy. They were ready fit and all went on fine but when I went to time the distributor (Pertronix) I got a shock that went right up my arm and into my chest. Scared the living shit out of me so I checked all the wires and they were all pressed down firm. So I tried again and got the same blast up my arm. So I timed it by shutting the engine off while I adjusted the distributor and got it time but it just misfired like crazy. So I checked the cap for cracks and checked all the plugs for problems, it was all fine. Ran to the store and bought a cheep Autolite set just for a test and the car ran like a top.
I have used a lot of MSD stuff that has failed:
- DIS4 (failed within a year MSD admitted at least 1%failure rate. At least it came with a bypass harness just in case it failed LOL)
- MSD GM Coil Packs (failed before the DIS4 on same car replaced under warranty at the sore and they all failed again. GM units have never failed)
- GM Coil packs to DIS4 adapters (all melted around the terminals and yes I used di electric grease)
- MSD Wires for a GM 4.3L ready fit. (Failed with misfire condition in less than 1 year)
- MSD GM Remote mount coil for my Trooper (filed in a few weeks. Made in China sticker on the coil)
So I will avoid them like the plague now. I feel they are just well advertised overpriced crap just as bad a FRAM.
My S-10 has a full Crane Cams ignition and I have never touched or adjusted a thing since the day I put it in and all the parts together were hundreds of dollars cheaper than MSD equivalent
I have a rant about Centerforce but I vented that on the Isuzu forum a while ago.
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