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Old 07-07-2024, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by gtorich View Post
i have a msd box with a msd coil.
Let me guess: Blaster 2 coil.

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Originally Posted by RocktimusPryme View Post
MSD boxes do go bad sometimes. If you dont identify a different issue, might be a good idea to buy a backup box. Then if it strands you all you have to do is pop that new one in.
NASCAR and other racing series often use switches so they can engage a second MSD box and/or coil when the first one fails in the middle of a race. MSD themselves sell the switches.

Which doesn't promote confidence in their products.

I've had them fail both ways--MSD 5 box on a vehicle that wouldn't start intermittently; when it does start it runs reliably until I shut it off. Or, vehicle with MSD 6T died and never re-started until the spark-box was removed.

My MSD coil was purchased years before they shifted production out of the country.