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.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> DCM
>
I would consider the points or condenser first.
Ignition coils don't fail very often and a set of points and condenser is
very cheap compared to a coil. And if you really want to just start
throwing parts at it why not start with the least expensive parts.
Lex
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