I have a 1988 V6 Looper that was running only on the starboard side bank but intermittent on cylinder 1. I did a resistance check on the ignition charge coils. The port side was 1000 Ohms (normal) and the starboard side was about half that, 485 Ohms ( not good).
When I removed the flywheel I discovered that two of the magnets were loose and will need to be epoxied back on, along with the others that probably aren't far behind. First question, what is the best epoxy to use? I've used the Hardman epoxy packets that come with the magnets in the past.
With the flywheel removed I could see that the filler material ( a black tar like substance) on the ignition charge coils had melted and run down on top of the engine. All three had melted at some point. I don't know what the third coil is for. Two go to the power pack (brown wires) and the third one goes to the terminal strip (orange wires) I can't say if they had melted because of this event or had melted prior to this. Before the failure there was no indication of a problem on the gauges, water temp good, battery charging circuit normal, tachometer working normally. Ocassionally it would run like it was down one cylinder.
The power pack is relatively new, not that it means anything but i would not expect it to cause a problem yet.
My question: Should I be looking any deeper into this or should I just repair the flywheel, replace the stator, and be done with it? I did look in the archives and found a thread that would indicate that I can just replace the stator and repair the magnets. I just want to fix this right the first time.
When I removed the flywheel I discovered that two of the magnets were loose and will need to be epoxied back on, along with the others that probably aren't far behind. First question, what is the best epoxy to use? I've used the Hardman epoxy packets that come with the magnets in the past.
With the flywheel removed I could see that the filler material ( a black tar like substance) on the ignition charge coils had melted and run down on top of the engine. All three had melted at some point. I don't know what the third coil is for. Two go to the power pack (brown wires) and the third one goes to the terminal strip (orange wires) I can't say if they had melted because of this event or had melted prior to this. Before the failure there was no indication of a problem on the gauges, water temp good, battery charging circuit normal, tachometer working normally. Ocassionally it would run like it was down one cylinder.
The power pack is relatively new, not that it means anything but i would not expect it to cause a problem yet.
My question: Should I be looking any deeper into this or should I just repair the flywheel, replace the stator, and be done with it? I did look in the archives and found a thread that would indicate that I can just replace the stator and repair the magnets. I just want to fix this right the first time.