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Car starts and runs for 5mins, then shuts off and no more spark

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Old 04-09-2008, 06:07 PM
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Are you guys talking about the "ignition module", the part that sits under the coil pack? Or are you talking about the Del-Tec "ignition controller" or "opti-box", the part that has the red LED? Thanks, Douglas
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Old 04-09-2008, 07:25 PM
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Most likely your ICM. Under coil.
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Old 04-09-2008, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Douglassr
Are you guys talking about the "ignition module", the part that sits under the coil pack? Or are you talking about the Del-Tec "ignition controller" or "opti-box", the part that has the red LED? Thanks, Douglas
The delteq "ignition controller"/ "opti-box". Look at the picture I posted on the first page.
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Old 04-10-2008, 05:41 AM
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Hmmm? Two guys, two different answers? The terminalogy has got me confused because both parts sound almost the same.

#1: The part that sits under the coil pack (that the coils themselves plug into and mounts on top of the valve cover) is a General Motors part.

#2: The part that has the red LED (mounts on the front of the engine uses the same two studs as the factory coil) is a Del-Tec manufactured part.

Are you guy's issues with part #1 or #2?

Thanks, Douglas

PS: ssbowtie, in your post #14, I do not see a pic on my screen. I'm guessing that's where you put a picture you said "here's what I found"
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Old 04-10-2008, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Douglassr
Hmmm? Two guys, two different answers? The terminalogy has got me confused because both parts sound almost the same.

#1: The part that sits under the coil pack (that the coils themselves plug into and mounts on top of the valve cover) is a General Motors part.

#2: The part that has the red LED (mounts on the front of the engine uses the same two studs as the factory coil) is a Del-Tec manufactured part.

Are you guy's issues with part #1 or #2?

Thanks, Douglas

PS: ssbowtie, in your post #14, I do not see a pic on my screen. I'm guessing that's where you put a picture you said "here's what I found"
It is #2. b4cz2896 was just making a guess. #2 is the part that failed. Its made of cheap plastic that warped from the underhood temps and ruined the circuitry inside.
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Old 04-10-2008, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ssbowtie1
It is #2. b4cz2896 was just making a guess. #2 is the part that failed. Its made of cheap plastic that warped from the underhood temps and ruined the circuitry inside.
How do you know the circuitry inside is ruined?
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Old 04-11-2008, 06:57 AM
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Thanks ssbowtie, I thought that was the answer. I should have stated up front my dilemma, I have a Del-Tec on my '95 B-body and it failed because the coil pack loosened up and fell off the valve cover and ended up on the exhaust manifold and cooked the ignition module(#1). Before I figured out (after many phone calls) that this part was GM, I found a NIB Del-Tec barebones kit (no coil pack) and I paid $450 for it. After I got the thing I realized by reading the instructions that the part I really needed was a GM part and I got one at a junk yard for $50.

So here I sit with a $450 kit that I don't need, it has the opti-box(#2), serial #RX801. I have a decision to make, keep it or get my money back. Even tho the part has a lifetime gaurantee, with Mr. JC Hyde's current status, I'd prolly never find another one in case I ever needed it.

What would you guys do?

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Old 04-12-2008, 01:18 AM
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send it back and go LTCC
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