help needed

[pbiggs]

i have a 89L, 4speed ,carb,and this thing keeps eating ignition modules.i checked for broken wires, loose grounds,everything seems good,its got new distributer twice, new modules,plugs and wires,coil,fuse links.everything new and can't keep a module in it.it will start and run great for a few times, then dead.please any help welcome.

[WmWatt]

You probably should be bedding them in dielectric heat sink paste, same as they put under CPU's in computers.
Look in www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Cars.htm for info on the ignition control module.
I hope you knew they come with a 5-year 50,000 km free replacement warranty?

[pbiggs]

i did use dielectric grease.there is a bigger problem here that i can't find,but thanks anyway.

[pbiggs]

okay after much reading there are several post with the same problem,and everyone keeps saying check icm.but this is the 3rd icm and 2nd new distributor.i ,like a few others, DON'T have spark from the coil,but the coil is new and works.whatever is supplying power to the coil is working intermittant,the fuse links are good.but i can't find anything else wrong.if there is no power before the distributor would'nt that rule out the icm?

[Festy46]

Make sure you have the wires connected correctly to the small terminals on the coil. One post is marked "+" and the other one is "-".