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01-09-2010, 05:12 PM
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Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 12,077
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the SS lives again!
After being neglected for quite some time, the SS is back in all its glory. lol
The last few months of sitting in storage wasnt too nice to it. The starter took a dump, battery as well, and in september, it developed a nasty misfire. And with so much to do in sept and right after i got home mid december, i had no time at all to deal with it. But today i made time. I first decided to change all the plugs because i was pretty sure they were fouled from still running on the stock tune lol. And when i did plug #8, i also swapped in a new starter i had ordered back while i was still overseas. After a quick jumpstart, the car came back to life and i took it for a spin, halfway through town, that evil flashing "service engine soon" light came on. So back home i went to track down the misfire. Earlier today, i had also bought a ignition tester(in-line) and a stock replacement coil. I figured maybe a coil had died. Well i started using a timing light to check for spark. I began on the right side. 1 good, 3 good 5..nothing, 7 good back to 5, still nothing. to the other side,2 good, back to 5, nothing. So i put the tester in like between the plug and the wire and fired the car back up..nothing. I then used a large screwdriver to tap the coil and the tester gave a littler flash, so i beat that coil harder... and it came back to life and the tester showed spark.. so yea, i had found a bad coil. I yanked it out and installed the oem one i bought. Then i took the car back out for a spin, and also to get some gas. It was running great, smooth and powerful like it used to be. And the SES light didnt come back on. I had the MSD coils and this was the first issue i had with them. For now, i am buying a single MSD coil to put back on, but if yet another coil goes out, i will switch back to the oem style ones. I missed driving that car soooo much, and now thats its running good again, i guess its time to get it finally tuned hehe.
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01-09-2010, 08:33 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
Join Date: May 2008
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Sounds good man.
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01-09-2010, 09:09 PM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
Posts: 6,213
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Be afraid of the MSD coils! I had problems with them so I got rid of them. I was surprised after reading online how many people have problems with the MSD LS coils. Good to hear the car's back up and running, now get a tune! 
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09 Silverado Z71
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01-09-2010, 11:57 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NNJ
Posts: 1,489
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feels great to get behind the wheel after time off, the car seems to surprise you all over again
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01-10-2010, 07:53 AM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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so are you seriously gunna get a tune?
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01-10-2010, 10:04 AM
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12 Second Club
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oradell
Posts: 8,368
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sweeeeet! congrats on gettin it back out
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01-10-2010, 10:20 AM
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12 Second Club
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Paramus
Posts: 898
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nice, good to hear its running again
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01-10-2010, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Orange County NY
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get rid of the msd coil there junk. I have seen a ton of issues with them
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01-10-2010, 10:29 AM
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12 Second Club
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Paramus
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it sux that for ls1's they are garbage. usually there products are good
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01-10-2010, 05:38 PM
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Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
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Nice to hear that the SS is back up to it's old tricks Paul, now hurry up and get a tune so we can see how she really runs
- Justin
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01-10-2010, 05:58 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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1. find your Enter key. Use it. 
2. Buy a battery tender.
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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01-10-2010, 06:02 PM
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Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
2. Buy a battery tender.
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This would only work if there was a cable pass-through in the bubble.....
- Justin
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01-10-2010, 06:04 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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mere details. or remove the battery from the car. 
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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01-10-2010, 06:18 PM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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i thought i remember him saying they have a built in tender or it was an option on said bubble
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01-10-2010, 07:33 PM
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The Mayor / 2009 Member of the Year / Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Northwest
Posts: 8,859
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Lies. You will never get it tuned.
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Is English your 2nd language? Did you graduate high school? Your posts make my head hurt.
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01-11-2010, 03:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: unknown
Posts: 2,775
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If you go back to oem maybe use the LS2 coils
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01-11-2010, 08:55 PM
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Stalker
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 12,077
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and its f'ing up again...
gonna go back to oem coils, get it tuned and running great, and sell the car.
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