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Re: Midget won't start

To: Dwgwater@aol.com
Subject: Re: Midget won't start
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 11:15:03 -0400
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
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Dave,

Did you check that tiny wire inside the dizzy? It's cloth covered
and sometimes hits ground and shorts out.

chuck

Dwgwater@aol.com wrote:

>My luck ran out on Sunday, when the Midget (1970) stranded me on the side of 
>the road about 2 miles from home.  It started missing, as it has been recently 
>when it gets hot, then just stopped, like someone threw a switch.  It was over 
>90, so I thought letting it cool might help, but it didn't.  I checked for 
>spark with a timing light, and there isn't any.  I hooked up a dwell meter, 
>and the points seem to be working.  The dwell isn't spot on, but it's close 
>enough that the car should run.  I tried a new coil, since the miss had been 
>heat related, but that didn't help.  ALl the LT wires look OK.  The end of 
>lead from the coil to the distrib. cap isn't in great shape.  Can I cut off an 
>inch and stuff it into the coil tower just to get home? I plan to pull the 
>distrib. tonight to look for a loose wire or something.  Any other roadside 
>diagnostic suggestions?
>
>Thanks
>Dave Groundwater
>(longtime lurker)

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