TARHEELY quit on me once late at night at a stop light almost in the middle
of nowhere. He wouldn't start again, even though I checked everything I
thought checkable. With the coming of day, I discovered that the rotor had
a very fine hairline crack that was barely visible. I installed the spare
I had in the boot, and off we went.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
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Randy Rees (Volt Computer) wrote:
> Probably has nothing to do with your problem but check for spark. While
> I'm at it, anybody ever had a rotor go bad? It just wont run with the
> new rotor installed ( ran for about 2000 miles) , if I put the old one
> back in it runs fine. I've swapped them out about 5 times, with the same
> results. Its just a big hunk of brass on top, where can I be losing the
> spark?
>
> Thanks
>
> Randy Rees
>
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