It's electric. I tole ya that when ya called. No fuel issues need
apply. Not sure where in the electric it is, But do the electric
slide and it will come to you.
The thoughts about the dizzy make sense. Did you try the spark from
the plug like I asked ya??
Larry/Dad
On Aug 6, 2006, at 17:07 PM, Kristi & Lambert wrote:
As far as I can tell the tach was working fine even up till the time
the engine died. This all happened in about 1 - 2 minutes time and I
really did not have much of a chance to listen to the engine before
it died. Not sure if that helps anyone with but thought I would put
that out there.
Kristi and Lambert
'74 RWA Midget (Mini Lee)
'77 Midget
On Aug 6, 2006, at 4:37 PM, Robert E. Shlafer wrote:
> "The tach went from 3k to 1k (twice) then the engine died"
>
> Did the engine revs agree with the tach indications or did the tach
> read inaccurately only before it died?
>
> If the latter, the problem is electrical in nature, in the area
> where the tach gets
> it's signal....distributor??? Wiring? (Ground?)
>
> Condenser? (anyone know what happens when a condenser packs up? I
> don't...I went
> Crane and PerTronix a long time ago).
>
> Cap'n. Bob '60 :{)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristi & Lambert
> Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2006 12:15 PM
> To: Spridget List
> Subject: Diagnostics
>
> Well once again Lambert and I are having problems with Mini Lee ('74
> Midget). We were driving her on Wednesday and when I got on the
> highway she basically cut out on me. The tach went from about 3000
> RPM's to 1000 then back up to 3000 then back down. I pulled over and
> with in a couple of seconds of me pulling over she died. Of course
> we then tried to figure out what had happened. I was not out of gas,
> the car was not overheating despite the almost 100 degree weather.
> She just won't start. We thought maybe she had gotten vapor locked
> but after letting her sit and then trying to start her with the fuel
> cap off and the next day she still will not start. We have since had
> her towed home again, changed the fuel filter, changed the negative
> battery cable (started to smoke a little this morning while trying to
> start the car), checked the coil, checked the distributor (found a
> cable that was at one time soldered into place (ground wire) fixed
> that. We had a hard time trying to check and make sure we had spark
> at the plugs since the new cables have long caps on them we can not
> pull the wire and see the spark. We are lost. The points and
> everything in the distributor look fine, the plugs look fine, the
> fuel filter is new and seems to be working fine, fuel pump is
> working. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Kristi and Lambert
> '74 RWA Midget (Mini Lee)
> '77 Midget
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