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Are the igniters interchangeable?

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Old 07-03-06, 10:54 PM
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Are the igniters interchangeable?

If I go to the junkyard tomorrow, can I get either the leading or the trailing ignitor to replace the suspected bad leading igniter?

Or do I have to get the "right" one?

(And yes, Pull-A-Part is open on the Fourth, before anybody asks.)
Old 07-03-06, 11:04 PM
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Yep.
In fact,a quick roadside fix if your leading ignitor fails,is to swap the trailing ignitor into its place.The engine will run fine with the trailing system off,but not the leading......
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Good point. Just so you know, the 81-85's had a J-109 ignitor, while the 80's had a J-108. An 81 will not fit an 80, and vice versa. 79 of course still had a points system, so no ignitors.
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I am thinking about just using a TII leading coilpack, an FB coil, my MSD box, and ditching the ignitor.

But now I have some sort of partial throttle problem (vac leak?) so I might not even get the engine hot enough to test if another ignitor fixes my missing problem.
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