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by rich454mc
Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:01 pm
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded
Replies: 7
Views: 836

Re: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded

No one knows what components make up the fidle circuit?
by rich454mc
Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:34 am
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded
Replies: 7
Views: 836

Re: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded

Well . I resoldered the q4 and checked it with a meter and it was ok. tried it in the car and it was fine for about 20 minutes and then it got stuck grounded again. I decided that I must have damaged the transistor by jumping the pins so I replaced it. I tried it again and its doing the exact same ...
by rich454mc
Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:32 pm
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: newbie hei8 eratic spark when 5v applied
Replies: 4
Views: 581

Re: newbie hei8 eratic spark when 5v applied

I figured it out. after going over everthing 5 times , I realized that I had a bip373 instead of a vb921. i did'nt use the mica insulator and the driver was shorted. installed the mica and now I have spark.
by rich454mc
Sat May 31, 2014 3:47 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: newbie hei8 eratic spark when 5v applied
Replies: 4
Views: 581

Re: newbie hei8 eratic spark when 5v applied

well I could'nt get the HEI to work properly so I scrapped the whole thing and went with a full msd setup. I built the vr circuit as in step 65 and did all the appropriate mods. I now have a new problem. I get proper tach signal to the ms2, but I have no spark output. I checked it with a test light ...
by rich454mc
Fri May 30, 2014 3:24 am
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded
Replies: 7
Views: 836

Re: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded

I have done what you said and it is still grounded. I checked q20 and q4 and sure enough q4 was bridged. Thanks for your help.
by rich454mc
Thu May 29, 2014 5:26 am
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded
Replies: 7
Views: 836

pin 30 (pwm idle ) always grounded

Hi. I'm running ms2 v3.00 firware 2.92. assembled it myself. using pin 30 to control cooling fan relay. about 30 minutes after hooking everything up my cooling fans came on by themselves. after checking wiring, found pin 30 was always grounded even with power disconnected to ms2. if I disconnect the ...
by rich454mc
Wed May 28, 2014 6:49 am
Forum: MS-II Ignition Setup, Tuning, and Troubleshooting
Topic: newbie hei8 eratic spark when 5v applied
Replies: 4
Views: 581

newbie hei8 eratic spark when 5v applied

Hi. I have been searching through the forums on this , and I see a bunch of people have had this same issue but it seems when the problem gets fixed , no one continues to post that it was indead fixed. Anyways. using an Ms2 v3.00 on a 454 chev with an 8 pin HEI small distributer. My problem is that ...