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1. Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: Railroad2@aol.com; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 12:53:36 -0500; Hello People, I'm a little bit embarrassed to say my '66 Midget will not fire, and I'm not having much luck fixing it. I must have brain fade, but I'd appreciate a few pointers. There is good gas in; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00051.html (8,883 bytes)
2. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@cu.comp-unltd.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 10:21:21 -0700 (MST); You are right. We should be working. It sounds like you have checked the obvious. I presume that nothing unusual preceeded the problem like some other kind of maintenance. You could verify your timin; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00052.html (7,829 bytes)
3. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "U. Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:09:50 -0800 (PST); Haha, why do you think there is so much traffic on this list? Let's start with the obvious. How strong is your spark (nice and blue?), and do you have spark on at least 3 cylinders? Does your dist. c; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00055.html (8,017 bytes)
4. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 15:03:30 -0500 (EST); Seems kind of counter productive to insult people even as you ask them for help. Fact is, some of us work so effectively that we have time for this. It's mainly the inefficient people who need to kee; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00058.html (9,371 bytes)
5. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 13:29:50 -0500 (EST); You have checked that there is fuel and spark. How about squish? That would be a compression check, and a timing check. How long has this car been sitting? Is the oil full, overfull, is it still oil; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00059.html (8,185 bytes)
6. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 13:10:19 -0700; Is this that bad English that Ulix warned us about? Other than that, Ray covered the possibilities, at least on the electrical side. I sent a short response while I was at work, but I have not seen i; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00060.html (8,148 bytes)
7. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "Ramm, Andy" <ARAMM@sv.tbgi.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 10:27:45 -0500; Hi Glen, I've been through similar things with my '67 Midget, so here's what I'm thinking: Cars need fuel, oxygen, spark and compression, and they need these things all at particular times. As a resu; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00061.html (10,924 bytes)
8. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 16:46:18 -0500 (EST); If you mean the "wotthehell," it's a part of literature, so I should be forgiven. I think Ulix would not like the adventures of mehitabel, because of his upper case fetish. I would not exactly call i; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00063.html (8,594 bytes)
9. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: mgb72@airmail.net (MGB72); Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 00:11:07 -0600 (CST); To me it sounds like two possible problems. You should check your timing, and take the bottom of the carb. off and make sure that the needle is not stuck. I worked on a '63 B that ran terribly (like; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00070.html (9,641 bytes)
10. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: Westley Johnson <kooksei@mailhost.hooked.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 23:15:10 -0800; SORRY I JOINED IN SO LATE AS I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO THIS GROUP GLEN -REGARDING YOUR MIDGET I'M MAKING A COUPLE OF ASSUMPTIONS HERE SINCE I DID'NT SEE THE ORIGINAL POST. I'M ASSUMING (YES I KNOW THE RUL; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00072.html (9,122 bytes)
11. Re: Midget won't start... (score: 1): Author: NICL@sedproc.cr.usgs.GOV (Geoff Hargreaves); Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:37:13 -0600; Definitly sounds like ignition. My B did this to me last week. Try a simple fix first. Take out the points, clean them with a solvent to get any oil off and reinstall and set them. I apparently have; /html/mgs/1996-02/msg00081.html (10,559 bytes)

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