What? You expect to go thru submarine races in a British car and have
no electrical problems? ;=) Everything was soaked on Saturday. I had
a "moment" with my main power switch thanks to roughly 110% humidity.
Given that you had burned points, and a questionable connector on the
coil, I'd say it's a wonder the car didn't cut out before. Part of my
pre-race regimen is checking all electrical connections to the coil,
disty and plugs, as well as inspecting the cap & rotor and sliding a
point file thru the points.
It sounds like you addressed all the issues. The only other thing I
could think of is a high-temp coil failure. When coils go bad, they
sometimes cut out when hot. If you can drive the thing around and get
it hot under the hood, and all is well, you should be good to go. I
can't exactly do that in a Formula Junior...
Here's hoping you have better weather.
Simon
Carl McLelland wrote:
>
> For you technical buffs out there, this one is a stumper for me.
... {SNIP}
> I pulled the distributor and removed the points. One set of points showed
> correct point gap and normal pitting for the amount of use. The other set of
> points looked like they had been a plate for arc welding, with the entire
> surface of the points badly pitted and rough. The gap appeared to be
> correct; given the amount of pitting.
>
> I replaced the points, condensor, ballast resistor, timed it and it runs
> perfectly. Further inspection revealed one wire lead from the ballast
> resistor to the coil that "wasn't as tight as I would like (but not falling
> off, either)", which I tightened. Further, I inspected every wire and
> connection between the engine and ground or back through the circuit to the
> ignition/starting switches and no other problems.
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