[Spridgets] LBC Content

[Michael Rowe]

Well, this must be a new electrical problem.  

The Midget died at a stop sign with no electricity to the engine circuit; the lighting circuit was fine - a loose wire somewhere and my testing equipment was all in the camper.  So my wife picked me up and we came back with a tow bar, but the problem was gone and  and I drove the car home.  At that point, I couldn't find the problem and I knew it will die again at the most inconvenient time.  Several days later, the tachometer and turn signals quit, but the car continued to run and we got home - beginner's luck.

After some wiggling and poking, it developed that some fuses had lost contact in their holders, probably because quiet a lot of  oil spilled out of a loose cap on my spare oil bottle kept just above.  So the problem was oily fuses.  

Is that a first?

Michael Rowe
'74 Bugeyed Midget
'60 Sprite kit
Long Island, NY