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Re: [Spridgets] Got a picture??

To: "Peter C" <peter@nosimport.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Got a picture??
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:52:37 -0500
Yup!  That's my problem then!

Thanks to Howard for the picture!

Question on the Pertronix...   Why would one suddenly quit working about 20
minutes into a drive?

Cheers!!
Jim

On 6/4/08, Peter C <peter@nosimport.com> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>        Don't need a picture. The two wires, 1 condenser, 1 LT, must be
> together, and touching ONLY the spring of the points. DO NOT allow them to
> touch the post. The points are a switch to ground, where in the stationary
> point is ground, so the movable one must be "hot". The usual error is to
> attach the wires to the post thereby grounding them. There have been several
> interchangeable iterations of points over the years that accomplish the
> insulation from ground different ways, be it plastic post, plastic
> insulator, but if you keep the principle as above, you'll have no
> troubles.... or as Paul A says "They only go in one way."
>
>        Peter C.
> (Oh, and by the way, 1275 would have either a 25D or a 23D. 45D is an MGB
> distributor (among others), and works just fine.)
>
> =
> At 02:34 AM 6/4/2008, you wrote:
>
>> Anybody got a picture of the insides of a 45D4 dizzy (early 1275
>> application)? I need to figure out how the pigtail and the condensor wires
>> connect. Should have taken a pic before I changed to the Pertronix! Now
>> going back to points I'm a bit lost and the Haynes is no help.
>>
>> The car died on Thursday. I found the Pertronix wire had come off the
>> coil.
>> Put it back on and found no spark. Now even with the points back in it I
>> have no spark. Could the coil have shorted out when the wire came off?
>> Either that or I have something connected wrong in the dizzy....  It
>> doesn't
>> seem to be in the ignition switch becuase everything else in that circuit
>> is
>> working fine.
>> --
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim - 68 "Spridget" in Dodge City
>> Don't miss "50 Years of Spridgets" at Lake of the Ozarks, June 26-29,
>> 2008!!
>>
>
>


-- 
Cheers!!
Jim - 68 "Spridget" in Dodge City
Don't miss "50 Years of Spridgets" at Lake of the Ozarks, June 26-29,
2008!!
For info and registration... <http://www.Sprite-MidgetClub.org>
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