I pulled out the dizzy, put in the old rotor and condensor and cleaned up the
HT coil wire, and put it back together. One of those things did it, because
it fired right up. Still runs a little rough, probably because my carb floats
need to be adjusted better, but at least it started.
Thanks for all the suggestons.
Dave
In a message dated 7/26/2003 10:28:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
ckotting@wideopenwest.com writes:
> My money is on a dead coil...
>
> >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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