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RE: spit won't start

To: British-Cars@Autox.team.net
Subject: RE: spit won't start
From: Greg Meboe <MEBOE@WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 16:04:45 PDT
Pat,
  I'm on the digest, so you may have gotten the thing running by now.
  Sure seems like an ignition problem to me.  I'd say replace (or file)
  the points and get a new condenser.

If that doesn't work, and if it has been running in the past, only three
things can be to blame for it not running now.   Lack of:
1. Spark
2. Fuel
3. Compression

Since you checked #2 by using Ether, looks like #1 is the likely convict.

Also (totally unrelated).  When my Thermodynamics instructor asked if any
of us knew the cycles of a 4 stroke Otto engine, I replied in true greasy
mechanic fashion, " Suck - Squeeze - Bang - Blow ".  Of course.

                         Greg Meboe  MEBOE@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
                         Dept of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
                         Washington State University   Pullman, Wash.
                         '67 Spit-6 (Daily)    '74 TR-6 (In Progress)


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