Hey folks,
I am really at a loss trying to figure out this problem, any super sleuths out
there?
My 75 Midget dies at seemingly random occassions. I can be driving along at a
steady 55, accelerating, idling, decelerating ... I can't figure out what the
cause is. The Tach drops immediately to zero and the engine dies. Sometimes it
will start right up again but more often I have to wait 2 - 20 minutes to get
it going.
The car has had serious PO destruction under the hood. I have a small exhaust
manifold crack, no air pump, no by-pass valves, no anti-flame valves. I
recently had the carb tuned by a knowledgeable mechanic here. I put in new
plug wires & plugs.
Recently the fuel gauge has decided not to work full time, on occassion it
will very slowly climb to about 3/4 of the way even when I have a fuel tank.
The reverse lamps do not work.
The battery was moved to the boot my the PO or maybe the PPO but the cables
are new and there is lots of power from the charging system. I soldered a
loose connection on the starter solenoid last week but that did not improve
things.
My mechanic thinks it could be the ignition module overheating causing a drop
in voltage that kills the ignition. He said this is common, especially on
prolonged trips. The trouble is, the car worked fine on three two hundred mile
trips this past month. Usually the problems occur when the car has been
running 5 - 15 minutes.
I have noticed that the car occasionally has trouble maintaining idle dropping
as low as 450-500 but it is not a problem with the idle settings on the carb.
HELP!
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