[Spridgets] still no workie...

[Richard Ball]

I'm not sure were Ed sourced his vacuum from, I believe it is off the carb, 
but I did pull the vacuum hose off the distributor with no noticeable 
change.  We didn't have a lot of time to work on it last night.  We did pull 
the cap off and by a quick glance the advance plate seems to fine.  We'll 
have to check it out a bit more when we put the timing light to it.

Here's a smaller, tiny if you will, link to a similar distributor currently 
listed by the same guy Ed bought his from.
http://tiny.cc/EWACH

Rich Ball
'76 Midget
Everett, Wa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank" <spritenut at comcast.net>
To: "Richard Ball" <richb at u.washington.edu>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] still no workie...


> Richard Ball wrote:
>>
>> Here are the symptoms again.  The engine starts right up and idles fine.
>> When you open the throttle the engine RPM increases as it should until 
>> about
>> 2200 RPM.  At this point any further opening of the throttle causes the
>> engine flatten out, bog down, stumble,
>
> Are you pulling a vacuum off the intake for the vac advance?
> Not a good idea.
> Not being familiar with the guts of this dizzy, but is the advance plate 
> secure or is it floating around.
> I just found this problem out on some one else's Sprite he loaned me. Talk 
> about variable timing!
>
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites