RobMGB@aol.com had this to say:
>My 71B has allison ignition with hot coil and an external ballast. I had
>similar "loud bang" followed by car dying at idle. Looked under bonnet and
>wiggled things around without seeming to find anything. It started back up
>and ran fine. Later that weekend it seemed to loose power like it wasn't
>firing when I was cruising at 40mph. Source of problem turned out to be
>connection working loose at external ballast. Your problem could be same
>or a different loose connection.
Hmmm, I don't think my Allison has an external ballast. Perhaps because I
have an earlier B. Otherwise sounds like a very similar situation.
>B engine vibrates and ya gotta raise bonnet very
>once in a while and check things out.
You can say that again! That also goes for the underneath bits.
>
>RobMGB
>74B
>
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