Oh, and I'm sorry if I've made you "suffer", since I know walking
across a patch of grass and muttering something, reading my
once-a-month (at the most) emails, and generally having to put up with
the likes of us common folk must really be hard. And to think, I even
complemented you on your car. You stupid ignoramous.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>
To: "Stephen Hall" <shall@fastpointcom.com>;
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: Car won't run!
>
> Steve, you still .have the same problems that Dave & I pointed out
to you at
> TRF when you had your car towed in for repairs, these are the same
problems
> you posted last week, why would we work 2 hours on your car for
"FREE" show
> you whats wrong and then you come back and post it twice to the
list, you
> were told at TRF that the dist. shaft was completely shot, it might
make it
> off the lot, it might not, you choose to drive away, now the ugly
problem is
> still there and you are still looking for a "FREE" way out. replace
the
> distibutor the way you were shown 2 weeks ago, a bad distributor
shaft will
> not correct it's self, even for a owner who wants to spend no money
for
> repairs at anytime, again this is proof that the vast majority of
problems
> with LBC"s are the owner/driver not the car, some people get what
they
> deserve, only the poor car suffers, and sometimes the "FREE"
mechanics.
> "FT"
> >
> > Hello all!
> > As you may recall, I had some problems with my Spitfire's points
> > coming out of adjustment several times on the way back from TRF a
> > couple of weeks ago. Well, I finally got back to my garage last
> > weekend to fire it up and see what was going on. I tried starting
> > it-it wouldn't catch. Sometimes it sounded like it WANTED to
catch,
> > but wouldn't. Checked the points and re-adjusted. Nothing.
Examined
> > the rotor and distributor cap, noticing that there were some metal
> > shavings around where the cap and rotor had worn down a bit (too
much
> > for only 1500 miles!). Put in a new cap and rotor. Now the car
starts
> > after some cranking, runs for about 10 seconds on what sounds like
2
> > cylinders, backfires maybe once or twice, then chokes itself out.
I
> > checked the coil and it was very hot-from what I remember, coils
> > aren't supposed to be hot??? Checked for spark from the coil.. Not
> > much really. Checked for spark from distributor to plug-I didn't
see
> > any, though I know there is one occasionally as car starts as
above.
> > Distributor shaft seems very wobbly, which I think may account for
the
> > metal shavings from the cap and rotor. So, what's the problem
here?
> > The way I look at it, it's either the distributor is so wobbly
it's
> > not making good contact with the distributor cap, the coil is bad,
or
> > both. Does this sound like a good assessment? I really don't want
to
> > change the distributor, as this is an expensive purchase, but it
may
> > come down to that. Anyone have any ideas? ;>
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Steve Hall
> >
> > '70 Spitfire Mk III with a shaky Delco Remy distributor
> >
> >
>
>
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