Coil.
Cheers!!
Banjo Jim
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Bill Masquelier <billmasq@hotmail.com>wrote:
> For lack of any good idea I think that you might want to check your points;
> gap, dwell, whatever. I won't say that this is the problem but it might be
> a
> good place to start looking. You want your dwell to be about 50, seeing
> that
> would be a better test than checking the gap (although checking the gap
> would
> be a good start too).
> BillM
>
> > From: banjojohn@cox.net
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:20:05 -0500
> > Subject: [Spridgets] Sudden stop
> >
> > Hi Spridget think tank:
> >
> > I was having a great time with my Sprite this summer until a problem
> > developed. I was driving home one day when suddenly the engine just
> died.
> > I coasted to the curb and called my wife to tell her I was having
> trouble.
> > Engine would crank but not even try to start again. I sat for 4-5
> minutes
> > and then tried again. It started right up and ran perfectly normal the
> rest
> > of the way home. I have had it do the same thing the last 2 times out.
> > Runs fine for 15 - 20 minutes. Then suddenly dies. After a few minutes
> it
> > starts right up again and runs normally. I'm worried that it is going to
> > quit and not come back to life the next time. The only work I had done
> > recently was to drop the fuel tank to reseal around the sender. It had
> been
> > leaking when filled.
> >
> > Any ideas of what's going on? I thought the coil might be going bad, so
> I
> > replaced it. It happened again after. I haven't been able to determine
> if
> > it's fuel or spark because it comes back to life before I can really try
> any
> > tests. I have a clear fuel filter which is full of fuel when I look. I
> put
> > in new Grose jets this spring.
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas
> >
> > John O'Brien
> >
> > '65 300 Mk III
> >
> > '61 Bugeye Sprite (1275)
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Cheers!!
Jim
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am
not
sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
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