[Spridgets] Engine Woes

corvallis at peoplepc.com corvallis at peoplepc.com
Sun Jun 17 17:14:36 MDT 2012


You might run it at night in a dark garage. You may see glow where the spark
is being misdirected due to short circuits. ...bill in corvallis
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-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Soave
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 3:34 PM
To: Bill L
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Engine Woes

More likely ignition timing if it spits out the carb.

Ron Soave
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On Jun 16, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Bill L <pythias at pacifier.com> wrote:

> Hello Spridgets,
>
>  Took the red thing out for a drive today. All was going well until
>  all of the sudden it started to miss, acting like it's running on
>  two or three cylinders. I checked the cap and rotor and it all looks
>  good. Checked the plugs and plug wire connections, again all good.
>  It has a Crane so it's not the points or condenser. I got it stared
>  up again and it still misses.. I pulled the air cleaner and watched.
>  Both pistons rise the same amount at the same time,
>
>  BUT.... MIST would blows back out of #2 carb. Puff, Puff, Puff....
>
>  Have a burned a valve?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Bill L.                          mailto:pythias at pacifier.com


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