Well surely you don't mean to unplug a spark plug wire and hold onto it
while your wife spins the starter. Better yet the Coil wire. Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
To: Annette <squishfish@home.com>; Roadster List
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: It stopped starting!!
>What is it they say? It only takes three things for a car to run:
>
>spark
>gas
>air
>
>So one or more of those things isn't correct (well I suppose there
>could be worse things but we'll assume it's just one of those to
>start). I'd check to be sure you're getting spark to your plugs. You
>can check this by sticking a screwdriver in one of the spark plug wires
>and holding the wire/screwdriver combination very near the body. If it
>sparks from the screwdriver to the body, you've got spark. Please
>correct me if there's a better/safer way to do this.
>
>
>--- Annette <squishfish@home.com> wrote:
>> Waaaah!
>>
>> Went to pull the rustbucket out of the garage this evening to give it
>> a good
>> wash and start getting the rust off. Imagine my surprise when it
>> wouldn't
>> start! It ran fine a month ago! The engine just turns and turns,
>> never
>> catches. We even tried jumping it in case the battery was just too
>> low, no
>> luck.
>>
>> Guess I know how we'll be spending our holiday!
>>
>> -Annette Rogers
>> Rustiest 66 on the planet.
>
>
>=====
>Adam
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