Hopefully that's all it is. My 1275 motor had a similar history. Then I
started smelling antifreeze. Then I noticed the antifreeze was coming out
the exhaust.
Which leads me to a question. Being a new Spridget owner, are the 1275's
prone (or more prone) to head gasket failure, cracked heads, or what? I'm
hoping to replace the engine with either a Mazdo rotary or a BOP 215, but
hadn't planned to do it this soon. If it's just the head gasket I'd probably
fix it this weekend.
<dnw>
1972 Midget
1998 Safari
1999 9-3
----- Original Message -----
From <Ajhsys at aol.com>
To: <w.gilroy@verizon.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Basic tuning questions
> In a message dated 9/4/01 10:37:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> w.gilroy@verizon.net writes:
>
>
> > I have some basic tuning questions. I am not very good at tuning cars
> > so I have some questions. My 77 Midget was running fine and over the
> > course of about 1K miles it developed a miss, then a stumble, now it
> > runs rough. Sometimes when you press the accelerator pedal down it bogs
> > down and misses even worst. Since one lister said that "70% of
> > carburetor problems are electric", I figure that is where I will
> > start.
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I have the same problem with my '77 Midget from time to time. I just push
> the PIECE OF CRAP OEM plug wires back on the plugs and it runs fine again.
I
> will be buying Magnecor wires as soon as I get a house.
>
> If you run the engine while it is missing for any length of time, you may
> foul a plug. Take them out and clean and re-gap them when you replace the
> wires.
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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