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RE: Still stumped (was rough running midget part)

To: "'Geoffrey P. Muttart'" <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca>, robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>, "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: Still stumped (was rough running midget part)
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:35:40 -0400
Cc: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Robert -

One way to check the coil is very simple.  Run the car until it stumbles or 
dies.  CAREFULLY put one hand on the coil.  If it's hot, it's suspect, 
especially if it is hotter than, say, the valve cover.  If it's too hot to 
touch, it's faulty.

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net

On Wednesday, May 27, 1998 10:30 AM, Geoffrey P. Muttart 
[SMTP:gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca] wrote:
> Robert:
>
> I've experienced the same problem and was stumped until I tried a coil 
from
> a friend's Austin that I knew worked properly.  It turned out that the 
spare
> coils I tried all suffered from the same malady and broke down when the 
car
> warmed-up.  If your replacement coil is not proven to be fine then I'd
> concentrate there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Geoff Muttart
> Nova Scotia, Canada
> '59 Bugeye (undergoing long-term 'restoration')
> '60 Bugeye
> several Midget parts cars

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