Hi Bill,
Sounds electrical to me. Check for either shorts or loose wires. I
would check the wire to the dizzy, the connection in the dizzy, try a
different rotor and/or cap. coil AND ignition switch connections. See
if you can replicate any cutting out when wiggling some wires, but
I'd do it after things are warmed up. Then I'd look at what's
happening with fuel flow. I guess you have a clear fuel filter in the
engine bay you can observe?
Gerard
At 12:13 PM -0700 7/10/03, Bill Hunt wrote:
>My Sprite developed a problem the other day coming home from work. It
>started cutting out then would just die like it was running out of gas
>(it wasn't). I was able to nurse it home but haven't been able to
>discover the problem yet. I was able to get home because it is
>intermittent. It will go along just fine for awhile then start cutting
>out and sometimes just die.
>
>
>
>At first I thought the fuel pump (electric, not facet, walbro?) died or
>was dying but it appears to be pumping fuel okay. It gets spark to the
>plugs and the points. I haven't checked the carb float yet (weber dcoe).
>I noticed a little bit of c**p in the fuel filter before the carb.
>Haven't cleaned it out yet.
>
>
>
>Any ideas on things to check?
>
>
>
>Herby
>
>64 MKII Sprite (Herbytoy - patiently waiting)
>
>62 MKII Sprite (the "resto-mod" driver)
>
>billh@aaai.com
>
>www.herbytoys.com <http://www.herbytoys.com/>
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