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1. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:54:18 -0400 (EDT); I wouldn't rule out the gas possibility yet. Since you can't see whats going on under the hood when the car dies it could be that the carbs are not getting gas for some reason. Just because the pump; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01356.html (8,004 bytes)
2. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: MartyWit@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:03:19 -0400 (EDT); << I have a 77 Midget 1500 with an unusual problem. When you start it up, all seems well. Drive it away and within a block or two it starts its dying/restarting cycle, that is, the tach falls to noth; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01369.html (8,402 bytes)
3. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 15:09:02 -0400; Do you have the original (crappy) electronic Ignition? LUCAS EID? Or the later and acceptable LUCAS CEI? I'd check all the obvious things first, but that is similar to how my car behaved with the ori; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01375.html (7,237 bytes)
4. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD); Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:58:21 EDT; How does one check a coil? The owners handbook gives a test for the primary wiring only. Bob; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01384.html (8,458 bytes)
5. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:08:29 -0700 (PDT); Ditto. When the engine dies, look at your fuel gauge. Is is at Empty? If it is, your ignition switch has cut out (or you are out of gas). Wiggle the key in the ignition and see if it comes back on. U; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01389.html (7,068 bytes)
6. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: JWidell625@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:09:14 -0400 (EDT); I had the same problem with a 77B. It was indeed the electronic ignition, which I replaced with a Pertronix. It must have been quite amusing for passersby, as when the car would die, I'd pull off the; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01393.html (7,567 bytes)
7. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: mayfam@sprynet.com; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:21:03 -0700; Try disconnecting the carb vent line at the carb. This is the vent line that goes from the carb to the black carbon canisters on the firewall. Worked for me after I tried every conceivable "tune up"; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01396.html (8,063 bytes)
8. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: Bob De Weese <bearlock@erols.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:34:33 -0400; On my van (Club Wagon) jiggling the key didn't have any effect because the problem was actually in the plastic switch mounted to the back of the (dash mounted) lock. (Remember, an ignition _lock_, an; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01397.html (8,587 bytes)
9. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 04:06:25 -0400; Which really bothers me by the way, especially the emissions stuff that doesn't cost performance. (like the evaporation system, which costs no horsepower and actually keeps your garage smelling less; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01406.html (7,480 bytes)
10. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:59:33 -0400 (EDT); Robert, there are three things you want to check for with the coil.The first is internal resistance. Disconnect all wires going to the coil. Set your multi meter to the lowest ohms scale. Now with th; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01411.html (10,173 bytes)
11. Re: midget runs, then dies mgs@autox.team.net (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 20:14:37 EDT; Dave, Check the fuel lines between the filter and the carb. I friend of mine just recently had a similar problem, his 70 B would crank and idle fine, then within a couple of miles start running on 2; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg01448.html (8,716 bytes)

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