[Spridgets] Dumb Curent owner.....needs 74 midget help

Bill Masquelier billmasq at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 27 20:27:43 MDT 2011


If you don't put a little bit of grease on the rubbing block it will wear the
block down really fast! I use common wheel bearing grease or whatever is in
the tube at the minute.
BillM

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:58:21 +0000
> From: ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net
> To: kevinv1275 at gmail.com
> CC: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Dumb Curent owner.....needs 74 midget help
>
> Thats what I was afraid of but that wasn't the problem.
>
>
>
> I pulled the dizzy to switch out the wire only to find it was in perfect
> condition.B  the odd thing was that I apparently wore down my point so far
> that it no longer contacted the spindle and could not be tightened to make
> it.B  Anybody ever see that? or did i cause it by shorting out the dizzy?B
> Either way i swapped in my spare dizzy and she fired right up.B  Now I just
> have to hope my timing isn't to far out.B  well I will go for a ride
tomorrow
> and find out.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> From: "Kevin Valentine" <kevinv1275 at gmail.com>
> To: "ryan kubanoff" <ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:23:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Dumb Curent owner.....needs 74 midget help
>
> Ryan,
>
> If it has points, you probably fries the connector wire inside the B
> dizzy that the negative wire connects to on the side of the dizzy. B
> (That's where the spade connector for the (-) wire should go).
>
> It only takes a split second of (+) voltage to fry the wire inside B
> the dizzy.
>
> Easy to replace.....
>
> Kevin V.
> Tuscarora, Pa
>
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 5:33 PM, ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Last week went away on vacation.B B took off negative wire to B
> > distributor like
> > always.B B well today in a rush I throw it back on and go for a B
> > drive.B B wel it
> > doesn't start.B B 3 cranks and I give up and pop the hood.B B Turns B
> > out genious
> > boy wired (+) to distributor not negative.B B so switch the wires B
> > and now she
> > still won't start.B B no blown fuses in the box but?B B All the B
> > electrical works
> > just won't turn over.B B B What did I do and how can I fix it?B B Or B
> > is she just
> > mad that I left her alone for a week?
> >
> > Ryan
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