- 1. Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:14:53 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- I tinkered some more this evening trying to get the Midget running properly. I have ruled out a bad ground issue by connecting a jumper cable from the engine block to the negative battery terminal. N
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01028.html (8,070 bytes)
- 2. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:55:35 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
- Charles, Have you tried a compression test? Also look inside the ign cap for signs of cross firing. Brad I tinkered some more this evening trying to get the Midget running properly. I have ruled out
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01032.html (8,754 bytes)
- 3. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:54:33 -0700
- You know for a fact that your firing order is correct, right? And that the cam/crank timing is correct, as well as proper valve clearance? When you pull each plug wire without noticeable drop in eng
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01037.html (9,383 bytes)
- 4. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:53:46 EDT
- << I'm still getting backfiring, sputtering, and hardly any power. >> Charles: Distributor isn't 180 out is it? Mine was and those were the symptoms. --David C.
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01038.html (7,124 bytes)
- 5. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:28:53 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- If it wasn't 180 degrees off before, maybe it now is. Anyway, I must be getting pretty experienced at finding my way around the engine bay, since I was able to remove the dizzy in the dark. Spark was
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01042.html (9,672 bytes)
- 6. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 06:19:03 EDT
- << dizzy in the dark. >> Hmmmm--a dizzy in the dark--Would that be a blonde on lover's lane? Seriously (shut up Ed), if you removed the dizzy in the dark, did you also INSTALL the dizzy in the dark?
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01053.html (7,337 bytes)
- 7. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 07:23:05 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- Oye! I must have read this wrong the first time! Could it be the OSH? :) Robert D. the surreal Bob --Original Message--
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01057.html (7,376 bytes)
- 8. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:21:36 EDT
- Replace the condenser...they go out like light bulb, cause a weak spark, and the symptoms you describe. Easy fix too. RH
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01061.html (7,269 bytes)
- 9. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 20:18:47 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- Thanks everyone, for helping with my ongoing saga. I swapped plug wires for an old set that worked when I removed them last year. New points, condensor, rotor, LT lead, and dizzy cap. The old LT lead
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01111.html (8,078 bytes)
- 10. Re: Rough running update (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 02:23:28 -0700
- Dental instrument. Small hooked one should do it. Even a discarded broken one can be fashioned into s custom tool for many jobs like this. Gerard -- Please visit Four Points Travel - Discount Online
- /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01128.html (7,865 bytes)
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