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Re: Bad Coil ?

To: David Moore <David_Moore@kaoinfo.com>
Subject: Re: Bad Coil ?
From: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 20:24:34 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, David Moore wrote:

>      Last night while crossing the Dumbarton bridge my BGT stated to run 
>      poorly and when I looked down at the gauges the tach was fluctuating 
>      wildly.  The car quit running just after clearing the bridge.  I did 
>      the customary laying of hand, check connections of sparkplug and coil 
>      wires, look under distributor cap.  The car then started and ran fine. 
>       The tach read correctly as well.
>      
>      Because the tach picks up off the coil, I wonder about the coil.  It 
>      is one of those Lucus sport coils less than 18 monthes old.

The tach picks up from the >output< of the points >to< the coil.

I'd suspect a loose wire from distributor to coil.

John M. Trindle | jtrindle@tsquare.com | Tidewater Sports Car Club
'73 MGB DSP     | '69 Spitfire E Stock | '88 RX-7 C Stock
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