William M. Gilroy wrote:
> Today I found the problem, when I went to advance the timing a bit, I
> grabbed the dizzy and found the problem. ZAP, ZAP, ZAP. As someone
> said 90% of all carb problems are electrical. Seem the number 1 plug
> wire sometimes shorts to ground right where it enters the cap. Funny
> thing is both the cap and wires have less the 3k miles on them. It is
> an old style cap with the screw in terminals. Is there a way to tell
> if it is the cap or the wires? Should I just replace them both, or
> try a we tight fix and trim the wire back a could of inches and
> re-insert into the cap?
> Bill "Sparky" Gilroy
> 77 Midget
When I took the "we tight" approach to fixing the problem I decided to
just cut the wire back about 2 inches. When I removed the stud that
pierces the wire I found that the stud was rusted and corroded. I clean
the stud with some emery cloth and cut the wire back. There were no
carbon traces on the cap. I will see if that fixed the problem.
Bill Gilroy
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