distributor cap arcing like a friggin telsa coil?

[kaisermusic]

yeah.

just finished my rewire from scratch. amazingly all system functions seems to work fine. so i went to the next step which was to turn the engine over with the spark plug wires off and plugs out. well the distributor cap lights up like a christmas tree on the outside when i turn the key over. arcs all over the cap surface. Any ideas?

 

[Viperwolf1]

Without wires and plugs that high voltage has to find it's own way to get to ground.

 

[kaisermusic]

the wires are in it. i swapped the cap thinking it might be cracked, now it is arcing at the coil. from the cable randomly to either terminal.

 

[chuzie]

that's a neat trick. how bout u turn off the lights and hook us up with some video?

 

[kaisermusic]

haha i almost did!

anyway i think i fixed it viper. put all the wires back on the plugs and all went away, sorry for the false alarm. about to fire this thing up for the first time in five years...wish me luck.

 

[TwoDalesDad]

Vrooom Vrooom...does it run or what? The suspence....itz tough

 

[kaisermusic]

oh yes. shes alive. having another issue now. new thread lol

 

[garberz]

How many people know what a Tesla coil is? I had one, in 1969. I wonder where it went.

 

[broncnaz]

Some dielectric grease on the plug boots and help prevent future arcing.

 

[Sporto]

How many people know what a Tesla coil is? I had one, in 1969. I wonder where it went.

Tesla coil...Hmmmm...That's a toughie...

Didn't Accel make those in the 80's, a big yellow brick of a coil that would fit on your fender and do nothing more than a stock coil did?

 

[Viperwolf1]

How many people know what a Tesla coil is? I had one, in 1969. I wonder where it went.

My high school physics teacher had it.

 

[bmc69]

We used to have LOTS of fun back in the day with a Model T spark box with some "D" batteries taped to it.

They aren't as easy to find now though...

 

[73azbronco]

How old are you guys to know what a tesla coil is?

 

[Steve83]

Old enough to remember seeing gas selling for $0.279/gal, and my father saying "I'm not paying THAT much!"

 

[fuzzy2133]

1998 8th grade science teacher had one in class. "Playing" was not allowed; studying effects was. The teacher was nice enough to get all 30 students in a line and shocked the person at the other end.

 

[garberz]

Tesla coil...Hmmmm...That's a toughie...

Didn't Accel make those in the 80's, a big yellow brick of a coil that would fit on your fender and do nothing more than a stock coil did?

Come on now, my stock 302 wouldn't be anywhere close to the 100hp that it has, if it weren't for my Accel Super Coil.

 

[Sporto]

Come on now, my stock 302 wouldn't be anywhere close to the 100hp that it has, if it weren't for my Accel Super Coil.

Can you close the hood with that coil? I am assuming you have a hood scoop for it. Right?

 

[garberz]

I got lucky and it barely clears. I do have a hood scoop, but that's for my 14"x6" K&N that's sits on the 2 bbl.