[Mgs] periodic miss

Charles Hill chillmog at sbcglobal.net
Wed Mar 7 21:26:40 MST 2012


Since the tach is dropping like that it sounds like it would be in the 
ignition primary circuit.  My first suspect would be the ignition switch.
Charles Hill

On 3/7/2012 9:44 PM, Paul Root wrote:
> The tach dropping I think tells you that it's electrical and not fuel.
>
> Capacitor? spark plug/coil cables? rotor, cap. the usual suspects.
>
> Paul.
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Monte/Jane Morris wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone.
>> Every once in a while, at highway speeds, our 79B cuts out just for a
>> second or two and then runs fine thereafter. It always runs great except
>> for this "glitch" every once in a while. When it happens the tach
>> immediately drops off sharply and then almost instantly resumes normal
>> operation. Any ideas?
>> desmogged 79B with points dizzy and dual HIF's. Coil replaced several
>> thousand miles ago.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Monte
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