[Spridgets] [midgetsprite] Low rpm miss

[Brad Fornal]

I'll try that in the morning. The light of day is much better for working
on my car.
FWIW, I may be alone in this opinion, but I feel that the bonnet rod on the
post Bugeye cars (that was for YOU, Jay F) is too short. I have a small
cargo bar (looks like a Harbor Freight item) that is used in the back of
trucks to keep stuff from sliding. It is adjustable, so I put it on the
shock mount on the carb side of the engine bay. Then, I raise the bonnet up
as high as it will go, without binding. Then, I extend the cargo bar up,
just to the bonnet. This gives me much more room to work.

Brad

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:

> Check the vacuum advance with the distributor cap off - see if the point
> plate moves when you apply vacuum.
>
> Rick
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
> On Mar 17, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It is from Jeff, at Advance Distributors. I "hope" it is of quality. I
> > pulled out my old hard cover Chilton from 1969, and searched the
> > troubleshooting section. One thing mentioned is that the vacuum advance
> not
> > working. I started the car, pulled the vacuum line off the front carb,
> and
> > sucked on it. There was resistance, but the engine idle did not change.
> > That said, I have never changed the vacuum advance. It was new in 2008,
> > again, from Advance Distributors. I had recently removed the distributor
> > unit, to set the points. Is it possible that the vacuum advance arm
> inside,
> > could have come loose easily, while I was setting the points?
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 7:02 PM, G & J Swann-Price <
> > swann-price at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> How is your rotor arm? There were some bad ones produced recently.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Geri.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> *From:* **midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com** [mailto:**
> >> midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com**] *On Behalf Of *Brad Fornal
> >> *Sent:* 17 March 2012 23:11
> >> *To:* Spridget list; Yahoo Spridget list
> >> *Subject:* [midgetsprite] Low rpm miss****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >>  ****
> >>
> >> I put in a new condenser and coil today. The car runs fine at full chat,
> >> but stumbles on take off. Any suggestions where to check first?
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> --
> >> DON JULIO 1942
> >>
> >> http://tequilabrad.com/****
> >>
>



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