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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 28. Mai 2019 um 04:39 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> "lrc--- via Mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net><br/>
<b>An:</b> dave <dave@ranteer.com>, "dave via Mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>, mgs@autox.team.net<br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Mgs] 1978 mgb</div>
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<div>I'll take a wild guess at the coil. Borrow a coil from another car wire it on and see how it goes<br/>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 27, 2019 6:31:20 PM PDT, dave via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">I start the car, and it starts right up and runs great.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Run it for a few minutes (need to keep the revs up a bit), and as soon as I let off the gas, it drops back to idle, then dies.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cannot restart. Try starter fluid but nothing catches, even for a second. Carlton and I checked – am getting gas into the carb.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cannot restart it again until it cools. Then I can repeat.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">New plugs, cap, and wires. Have not replaced rotor, points, or condenser.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">???</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">History – I acquired this car as a non runner. Compression is decent all 4 cylinders; don’t remember exactly what</p>
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