Reply to "Ignition gremlin where to start looking"

The MSD brain has a bad reputation for undependability. I had the shut off problem like you that was 40 year old electric grease that had hardened in the switch itself.

The MSD would just decide it wouldn't fire anything, then it would, then it wouldn't.

Don't know about their distributors. The coils seem to be decent, but the brains are disasters.

They seem to be affected by humidity as far as I can tell.

Personally have the P-E ignition controller, push button start, crane coil, Ford pointless distributor.

So far the ignition horror stories have all disappeared and have not returned.

Lots of voltage going through the original Pantera design of the ignition switch. If you were into that wiring to install the push button start, you need to verify that all of those connections are tight and the wiring is without trama from being handled.

Would be a good time to install the P-E ignition switch controller if you haven't already done so.

Still sounds exactly like a bad ignition switch and can't call enough attention to the undependability of the MSD system. Their harness for some inexplicable reason cause issues and the bad reputation of the brain is legendary.

Racers use them because of the contingency money. They also change them three or four times a year.

However it works out, I'd like to hear what you ultimately found.

On the P-E stuff, make sure your crimps on the wire "fastons" are tight and the tabs on the board aren't coming loose. One of my boards, the console switch controller, is currently being repaired for that. I guess I shouldn't hit it with a ball peen hammer?