Dave,
Just curious. You say your carb floats "need to be adjusted better". What
brought you to that diagnosis? Unless you know for ABSOLUTELY sure that
they're off, I'd say to look elsewhere, first, for your rough running
problem. Unless you've got valves freshly adjusted to the correct spec,
ignition (dwell, timing, cap, rotor, condenser, wires)"spot on" and have
made absolutely certain you've no vacuum leaks; you should not touch the
carbs. With SUs: if they're properly set up and maintained, they tend to
stay that way.
Remember: 99% of SU carburetor problems are ignition problems.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dwgwater@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 6:20 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Midget won't start
I pulled out the dizzy, put in the old rotor and condensor and cleaned up
the
HT coil wire, and put it back together. One of those things did it, because
it fired right up. Still runs a little rough, probably because my carb
floats
need to be adjusted better, but at least it started.
Thanks for all the suggestons.
Dave
In a message dated 7/26/2003 10:28:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
ckotting@wideopenwest.com writes:
> My money is on a dead coil...
>
> >My luck ran out on Sunday, when the Midget (1970) stranded
> >me on the side of the road about 2 miles from home. It
> >started missing, as it has been recently when it gets hot,
> >then just stopped, like someone threw a switch. It was
> >over 90, so I thought letting it cool might help, but it
> >didn't. I checked for spark with a timing light, and
> >there isn't any. I hooked up a dwell meter, and the
> >points seem to be working. The dwell isn't spot on, but
> >it's close enough that the car should run. I tried a new
> >coil, since the miss had been heat related, but that
> >didn't help. ALl the LT wires look OK. The end of lead
> >from the coil to the distrib. cap isn't in great shape.
> >Can I cut off an inch and stuff it into the coil tower
> >just to get home? I plan to pull the distrib. tonight to
> >look for a loose wire or something. Any other roadside
> >diagnostic suggestions?
> >Thanks
> >Dave Groundwater
> >(longtime lurker)
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