At 02:12 AM 1/10/2002, Blake Thornton wrote:
>So, what do you think about the possibility of a bad idle stabilizer
>causeing the rpms to drop low (~600) and not respond to the throttle at
>all?  Doesn't sound likely to me, but I'm running out of ideas.

If it doesn't do it with the stabilizer removed, then I reckon you've found
your culprit...

> > Re your other post, it has no idea whether the throttle switch is
> > closed or not, it's connected between the Hall generator at the
> > distributor and the ignition module on the firewall.  All it sees is
> > rpm.
>
>Ok, so what is the job of the ignition module?  Why does it need the heat
>dissipator?

It supplies the energy pulse to the ignition coil which the coil converts
to high voltage to fire the plugs.  It needs a heat sink because it wastes
enough power to overheat the internal switching transistor(s).

david

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