help! ignition issues...... - Moparchat

moparmadman1966 · #1 10-13-2007, 01:37 PM

hello everyone -
my 74 charger is giving me grief.....I turn the key it cranks over great, no fire though, until I turn the key quickly to the run position, then I get a little fire........ any ideas would be greatly appreciated......

dodger1 · #2 10-13-2007, 02:17 PM

Bad ballast resistor? A new one is only a few bucks - worth a shot.

dave571 · #3 10-13-2007, 08:05 PM

Ballast is a likely culprit.

next likely....ECU

next likely....Dist pick up.

Check that the ecu is grounded properly too.(The coil is grounded through the ECU/body ground)

dodger1 · #4 10-13-2007, 09:17 PM

fwiw, that's exactly the path I followed a few years back when I had a similar problem. #1 - replace ballast . #2 - bought an Orange Box (replaced ECU), #3 - changed the dist. pickup module, which turned out to be the culprit. (Dave, thanks for the tip on the ground for the ECU.)

moparmadman1966 · #5 10-14-2007, 02:32 PM

yep - in the distributor....thanks everyone

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