[Spridgets] I fixed it But?

Brad Fornal tequila.brad at gmail.com
Thu Jul 1 17:02:22 MDT 2010


Could the bushings in the dizzy be shot, allowing the points gap to vary?

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:

> What was wrong?
> 73 Midget, stock. Friend's car that was running perfect last summer.
> New gas tank. This year it would fire up, run for about 2 seconds and die.
> I think fuel, carbs are clean, floats are set even though it has gross
> jets, no leaks, and fuel in each bowl.
> I replaced the plugs, they were fouled from him using the choke too much.
> It fires and quits in a second or 2.
> Check the points, clean them, they were set at .016 and new last summer.
> This car gets very little use so I'm guessing at most 50 miles on the new
> Moss points and condenser.
> After an hour of "I don't know" I changed out the dizzy, now all is fine.
> It runs like a raped ape again.
> So was it the moss sold made in India crap ignition parts that failed?
> I have his old dizzy here and I will systematically replace the points,
> then try it, the condenser, try it again, and the rotor and try it to see
> just what failed.
> I even tried the original dizzy after I swapped it out and got it running
> good since the owner "messed" with the carbs. But no change, there is
> something in the dizzy causing the car to be hard starting, back firing, and
> cutting out after a couple of seconds.
> Does anybody care to offer a clue as to what would cause this?
> Points were not grounded out, clean and gaped perfect.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Lots of Sprites
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