- 1. The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 02:31:43 EST
- Hey all; I'm so excited! I got my '79 Midget out for the first "real" run of 2001 this afternoon. Battery was dead, but a jumpstart and a little primer in the carb went a long way! So of course the f
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01123.html (8,136 bytes)
- 2. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 02:34:23 EST
- To clarify something I didn't say "400 weather".... I guess the list doesn't accept use of special windows characters...... it was 40-degree weather....... ahhhhh /// /// (If they are dupes, this tra
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01124.html (7,032 bytes)
- 3. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 23:53:49 -0800
- Examine your throttle cable. It could have corrosion internally or one of the wires that make up the cable could be unwinding and binding up in the sheath. I had a cable that was completely frozen i
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01126.html (9,653 bytes)
- 4. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 06:22:17 EST
- << When I drive at a steady speed, the car starts to sort of "jerk". >> Have you checked your universal joint? Hard to tell on e-mail what the jerk is like (just keep the jerks out of your passenger
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01130.html (7,576 bytes)
- 5. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 08:12:37 -0600
- The first place I ALWAYS look it the fuel filter. A dirty fuel filter can give you intermittent stuttering while trash it floating around in it. You haven't driven the car in a while, it can't hurt t
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01137.html (7,667 bytes)
- 6. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 10:46:51 -0500
- <FROM: Brad Fornal, INTERNET:toyman@digitex.net <Brad............... Fornal, not Pace. Is he still on the list, or just real busy <rebuilding??? I know he had a fire at his place while he was on vaca
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01143.html (7,539 bytes)
- 7. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:03:27 EST
- Thanks for all the replies so quickly.. since it's a nice day out I'm going to go check out some of the things mentioned. David C., the jerking is like front-to-back.. like it wants to speed up but i
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01144.html (7,318 bytes)
- 8. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:32:23 -0500
- A good reason to disconnect the battery during long storage. Have seen a friend's alternator short out - you know the rest. I don't always do it. There's that huge dying poplar leaning towards my gar
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01145.html (7,987 bytes)
- 9. Re: The Amazing Jerking Midget (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:35:55 -0800
- Have had this problem with the 1500 model myself. Disconnect and plug the vacuum line to the EGR valve. If the jerking goes away, it is a lean misfire. Steady cruising speeds generate sufficient vacu
- /html/spridgets/2001-03/msg01187.html (8,764 bytes)
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