BLKMGK Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Argh! bought a Crane HI-6 ignition. http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=35286&prmenbr=76 "Works with virtually any ignition" blah blah. Tried hooking it to my Accel distributor -> http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=7016&prmenbr=76 Now, this distributor has a magnetic trigger. It's instructions for an external ignition, Accel specific of course, detail disconnecting the internal stuff and using the trigger standalone. The Crane instructions don't mention anything liek the Accel distributor but state that it won't work with a magnetic trigger (?!). I tried, it doesn't BTW So, I hooked it up like this was a "generic" distributor which pretty much means taking all th ewires off th eold coil and hooking them to the Crane's specified wires. Hard to explain but everything but the tach was hooked up like this - the tach goes to a specific output. Before I did all of this I sort of jury-rigged it to see if it would trigger. I did this so I wouldn't cut a bunch of th eCrane's woires and then not have it work (ahem). It seemd to be fine and I could tell it was triggering and the motor ran for a moment. So, trimmed everything, mounted it, got it all ready to go. Crank motor, signal LED flashes, motor fires! However at idle it's REAL rough and when it quite the engine fires backwards for a second and spits gas up through the carb! Timing I think so I twiddle with it a good bit and nothing gets better. I crack the throttle open fairly wide, it starts, and the throttle is crisp As soon as I let it down to idle it runs rough and dies. WTF?! I've tried advancing, I've tried retarding, timing light showed about 10degrees with the vac advance hooked up. I advanced it some but it refuses to get better. This is truly weird. I'm going to try isolating the trigger wire to make sure it's not interferance and I'm going to call Crane on Monday. The description i the Jeg's catalog makes it sound liek this combo will work but th eCrane instructions are much less clear. They mention a ton of part numbers that I don't even see in the Jeg's catalog Also note - Crane has NO Internet e-mail support. This sux! If I cannot get a straight answer from Crane quickly on Monday I will be calling Jeg's and then sending this puppy back to get an Accel unit that I'm sure will work. The Crane sounds like it's got the features over the 300+ but not if I can't get it to trigger right! Anyway, I'll keep folks posted on this. i know th eMSD Digital 6 is probably a muxh better ignition but the the Crane had what few features I need and the price was right shipped with a strong coil. Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcp240z Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Which HI-6 where you shipped? The 6000-6440 is usable with a mag trigger but the 6000-6441 is not. The add at jegs is very misleading. They state that it is a mag triggered but also say it is for late model module triggered type. This sounds more like Jeg's screwup not Cranes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 I bought the exact model on the Jeg's page I linked. Right now I'm NOT trying to use it as a magnetic triggered unit but am trying to triger it from the module in the cap. I'll call Crane shortly and JEg's if I have to. If I have to remove this sucker I'm going to be irritated to say the least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 ARGH!!! Okay, spoke to Crane's tech line. Seems the Accel unit I've got does NOT work with this distributor. In order to use their ignition I must use a different part number and trigger the ignition directly via the magnetic trigger. The Jeg's WEB description is WRONG! So I called Jeg's. That part number, HI-6R, is a "special order" from Jeg's and would take 4 weeks to get (sigh). It costs about $10 more too. The second option is to use an Accel 300+ which is of course compatible with my Accel distributor That unit costs about $27 more to get it w/coil but is in stock shipping today The downside is lack of a 2nd rev limiter and no diag light. However if the Accel WEB site is to be believed it's a more powerful ignition and I already know it's smaller and lighter too. Interesting that the Crane WEB site only compared theirs to the MSD 6AL but the Accel site seems to compare to several others. Anything's got to be better than what I'm currently using though Jeg's was VERY good about this. They are accepting the part back no problem, sending UPS to my home, and waiving handling fees on this order. I gotta' tell you, I've got a short list of things I think Jeg's could do better but overall those folks handle customer service VERY VERY well! I've bought tons of stuff from them and do occasionally use Summit too. More companies should handle things the way they do. I've not yet ever had to return anything to Summit so I can't comment on their return policies but they do have a few things they do better with regards to their invoicing and WEB site. What a relief that Jeg's isn't being argumentative and is actually sending UPS out for me. WOW! P.S. How is PAW with this kind of thing? I've ordered their catalog but it's been a week and nothing has shown up. Bugs me that I must PAY for their catalog but I figure another source doesn't hurt for parts. They will have a VERY hard time getting much business from me away from these other two though. I could wallpaper my home with the number of Jeg's and Summit catalogs I get - especially Jeg's. I now tell them not to include catalogs whenthey send me stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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