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Jim and Tere
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We sort of started this with Steve in Barth Journeys but thought I would continue it over here. Steve, when you got the Summit 'HEI upgrade', was it the cap and rotor, incl coil or the whole distributor? I think our distributor may be the original one in the Barth. How would one know?
Jim


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Richard_Muise
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Still haven't found my plug wires on the Cummins!


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Steve VW
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It is a complete drop in unit. Unfortunately mine just failed, not sure why yet. It worked great until Monday. I'll look at it closely in the next few days, let you know.


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Jim and Tere
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AFAIK, our distributor is the one that came with the Barth. A few years ago, it melted a hole in the top of the cap, fortunately near a shop. Our cap and rotor and coil are now made by Accel, bought from Summit. The coil is 48000 volts, however we have a Nology Power Core Ignition Coil Amplifier plugged into it that is supposed to bump up the coil to 72000 volts. I usually get between 9 and 10 mpg but drive conservatively at 55/60 mph. I'm thinking about upgrading the whole system and am starting to see what's out there now.
Jim


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Mogan David
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Originally posted by Richard_Muise:
Still haven't found my plug wires on the Cummins!


They go to the back of the socket where you PLUG in your GPS Smiler
 
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