In a message dated 18-10-99 4:16:18 PM EST, daniel@seaport.net writes:
<< To add to my most recent car saga, the Roadster would not start this
morning......
It has spark... Cranks, but will not fire... when I pulled the dizzy cap
off, there was a fine layer of silver dust inside and all around the cap.
Where did it come from??
What is the silver powder?? Did something internal die? >>
Hello,
I cant tell you where the fine dust is coming from but I can tell you that
one of the reasons that your car wont start is because of the dust.
My cousin and I used to do the Saturday night street cruises and drags back
about 10-15 years ago. There were alot of rich kids that had hot cars but
didn't know a spark plug from a oil drian plug. A trick that we pulled on a
couple of these guys was to pop off the distributor cap and mark up the
insides with a pencil. This caused there ignition to go nuts and run like
s----. It was great to watch them pull out of the parking lot sputtering and
backfiring.
This may be the cause of your problems. I would change all of the tune-up
components and give it another try. Dont forget to use the cam-lube! ;>)
Michael "Calspeed" Carion
67.5 SRL311-000248 Solex
San Francisco, Ca
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