Clip for wires into coil: 87 TBI

[Vetteman61]

Hello all,

I have an '87 K5 with the TBI. It has been dying lately and I traced it to the two wires that plug into the back of the coil. One of the plastic clips has broken and it won't plug securely.

Where can I get one of these clips to rewire and solve the problem?

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[4X4HIGH]

The broken clip isn't your problem, trust me. If you're driving along and the engine shuts off like someone turned the key off it us 99% of the time the ignition module going bad. They are a common problem with GM and I carry a spare because of how often they fail.

 

[British Slave]

Get a new terminal here: http://www.repairconnector.com/

 

[Vetteman61]

Thanks for the tip. That did turn out to be my problem a few weeks ago, but when I took those clips off one was very brittle and broke. It now has a tendency to not start and sometimes die. You can push that wire back in and it starts up fine.

Thanks for the website, too.

Brandon

 

[4xcrazy]

The broken clip isn't your problem, trust me. If you're driving along and the engine shuts off like someone turned the key off it us 99% of the time the ignition module going bad. They are a common problem with GM and I carry a spare because of how often they fail.

I'm that other 1%..

 

[Vetteman61]

Well, here's a great module story for you:

My sister had a car fire in her garage and the smoke completely destroyed her whole house. Seriously, I never knew smoke could ruin that much stuff. Even the metal in the house rusted and pitted within a few days. Everything was SOLID BLACK in both stories. So anyway, I gave my K5 to my nephew until insurance pays them to get him a new car.

I first put a module on my truck to cure the dying problem. It didn't fix it. I put a coil on. Nothing. I put a TPS on. Nothing. Finally, I relented and put a fuel pump on. My nephew and I spent 2 days during the summer in the driveway with no shade in temperatures above 100 degrees. Seriously, any tool left outside of the shade of the truck would be untouchable within 2 minutes. So we finally get the pump changed. IT STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. Turns out the new module I put on first was bad right out of the box. Gotta love foreign made electronics.

Brandon