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

[Jim Johnson]

In the Olden Days they used to put a little plastic thing of "block grease"
in the box with your new points.  EPA musta got 'em.

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Bill Masquelier <billmasq at hotmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> > > _______________________________________________
> > >
> > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> > > Suggested annual donation B $12.75
> > > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> > > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> > > Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/
> > > kevinv1275 at gmail.com
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> > Suggested annual donation  $12.75
> > Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> > Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> > Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/billmasq@hotmail.com
> _______________________________________________
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation  $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/bmwwxman@gmail.com
>
>


-- 
Cheers!!
Jim Johnson
Don't miss the BIG PARTY!!  Midget 50th Anniversary!
Elkhart Lake, WI  July 18-22, 2011
Info & Registration here:
http://www.sprite-midgetclub.org