Fried Compufire ( read Compu-FIRE!!!)

[guards73/2.0]

I was in a hurry to hook up my distributor
and reversed the coil leads on my Compufire and got a Compu-FIRE ( literally) under my distributor cap. Smoke billowed out! I suppose I'm back to points for now. Anyone else seen this?

[Rouser]

I've heard the COMPU-FIRE units don't take too well to being mis-connected.

Here it is, taken straight out of the COMPU-FIRE website (009/050 units):

• IGNITION MODULE TEST - Note: Do not turn the ignition switch on during this test and leave it on. Only turn it on long enough to observe the test light. Disconnect the tach lead from the negative (-) coil terminal if applicable. Connect a 12V test light from the coil negative (-) terminal to engine ground. With the transmission in neutral and the emergency brake set turn the ignition switch on. The light should glow. If it does, the coil primary is OK and the ignition switch is wired properly. If it does not, move the test light to the coil positive (+) terminal. If it glows, the coil is defective. If it does not glow, check the wiring to the ignition switch, etc. With voltage on both sides of the coil with the ignition switch on reconnect the test light to the coil negative (-) terminal. Now crank the engine while observing the light. It should flash on and off as the engine rotates. If it flashes and there is still no spark at the plugs check the coil and plug wires. If it does not flash and the trigger rotor is located properly the module could have been damaged by connecting the RED and BLACK wires improperly.

Bummer ... sorry.

[This message has been edited by Rouser (edited 08-29-2001).]

[T4 Motornut]

Yah; in a similiar vein, don't ever disconnect and reconnect the + and - out of the Compu-fire in the dizzy while the coil is energized. Oh the humanity... It's kind of easy to do if, let say, you had disconnected the small ignition/oil pressure sensor/etc. loom off the relay board and you were continuity checking other things with the key on. Reconnect the loom, and voila, a deceased Hall cell...
I don't get it, the car ran perfectly before I started doing the checks...