On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, David Moore wrote:
> Last night while crossing the Dumbarton bridge my BGT stated to run
> poorly and when I looked down at the gauges the tach was fluctuating
> wildly. The car quit running just after clearing the bridge. I did
> the customary laying of hand, check connections of sparkplug and coil
> wires, look under distributor cap. The car then started and ran fine.
> The tach read correctly as well.
>
> Because the tach picks up off the coil, I wonder about the coil. It
> is one of those Lucus sport coils less than 18 monthes old.
The tach picks up from the >output< of the points >to< the coil.
I'd suspect a loose wire from distributor to coil.
John M. Trindle | jtrindle@tsquare.com | Tidewater Sports Car Club
'73 MGB DSP | '69 Spitfire E Stock | '88 RX-7 C Stock
"Budget: A method for going broke methodically."
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