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Old 04-12-2006, 09:28 PM
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Default My '69 Coronet dies when I turn on the head lights

Any sugestions will be helpful. I'm a painter/bodyman not a great mechanic. It also will try to die at a stoplight ( if at night ) if I don't keep the RPM's up a little. As long as keep the RPM's up its ok but if its at an idle as soon as I hit the lights it dies.
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Old 04-12-2006, 09:41 PM
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I'd check ignition first. Points (condition and dwell setting), plugs, wires, cap, rotor.
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Old 04-12-2006, 09:45 PM
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either your ground is bad or your altinator is week or shot take it off and have it checked.
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Old 04-12-2006, 11:19 PM
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Sounds like a weak alternator coupled with a battery that isn't fully charged.
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Old 04-13-2006, 01:30 AM
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Boss 302's from the showroom floor used to almost die when you turned the lights on too for other reasons. Not an answer but an observation.
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Old 04-13-2006, 05:56 AM
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pull out bulkhead elect plugs and clean connectors with contact cleaner and nylon brush,add die electrect grease to pins.
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