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Re: [Spridgets] I fixed it But?

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] I fixed it But?
From: Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:06:57 -0400
Awesome find Frank, it is so cool to hear stuff like this.
Lin

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 7/1/2010 7:02 PM, Brad Fornal wrote:
>
>> Could the bushings in the dizzy be shot, allowing the points gap to vary?
>>
>>
>
>>    What was wrong?
>>    73 Midget, stock. Friend's car that was running perfect last summer.
>>    New gas tank. This year it would fire up, run for about 2 seconds
>>    and die.
>>
>>
> So what was it you might ask?
> I also had to know.
> Some DPM (dumb previous mechanic) And a local LBC mechanic that gets paid
> to do this replaced the ground wire inside the dizzy, I saw it and that it
> was new and tight. What I did not see was that it went from dizzy plate
> screw to the other plate screw keeping the advance plate ungrounded.
> This wire should be soldered to the advance plate. It is now and it works
> fine.
> You never know just what you will find and that even though it was *rigged*
> it did work for a few months. My guess is that it was grounding through the
> spring contact under the advance plate every now and then and as soon as the
> plate moved a bit, the ground went away.
>
> Frank
>
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