- 1. ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:03:05 -0500
- Hi All, Put my rebuilt engine in my Midget last night and got it running today. So far so good. I noticed when I set the dizzy initally with the lightbulb on / lightbulb off method that the dizzy see
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00802.html (8,792 bytes)
- 2. Re: ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:21:05 -0500
- Robert I would say the dizzy drive gear is off a tooth. It's easy to get it off. I always manage to get it 180 out. I can never see the difference between the big and small 1/2s of the circle. It loo
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00804.html (8,707 bytes)
- 3. Re: ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 06:31:09 EST
- << adjust the drive gear >> One caveat that happened to me--fortunately during a rebuild put together so the engine was out of the car--I had completed the major engine work--boring, rings, bearings,
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00860.html (8,429 bytes)
- 4. Re: ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: "Bruce Woodward" <brucewoodward@kconline.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 08:10:07 -0500
- let's step back from timing for just a moment. check the distributor point gap. being set wrong will surely make it run rough.... bruce@woodward-realty.com
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00991.html (8,139 bytes)
- 5. Re: ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 08:27:10 -0500
- Thanks Bruce, The engione runs smoothly now, timing is now correct (required rotating dizzy drive spindle one gear tooth as per Frank's suggestion) and the rough idle was caused by a plug that was in
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00994.html (8,890 bytes)
- 6. Re: ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 08:27:37 EST
- Great Robert!!! That's the way to go--one problem at a time. Funny how these little cars get lonely and demand our attention. But we have to sooth them by taking care of just one thing at a time. Rig
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00995.html (8,357 bytes)
- 7. Re: ummm..... houston, we have a problem....... (score: 1)
- Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 08:48:36 -0500
- Thanks David, Unfortunately this car is pretty much a daily driver so when these little problems crop up it really makes me want to pull my hair out. Especially considering that the engine that was i
- /html/spridgets/1999-02/msg00997.html (9,437 bytes)
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