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Re: Dead new family member...

To: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>,
Subject: Re: Dead new family member...
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 09:21:14 -0500
On 11/21/98 6:39 PM so and so (Andrew B. Lundgren) said. (And I quote:)

>On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:06:16 -0500, Chris Chandler wrote:
>
>>
>>It cranks but doesn't fire.  At this point the only thing I can think of
>>is that it isn't getting spark.  Could someone explain to me how I would
>>go about checking for spark?
>
>There are at least two ways.  You can pick which one you want to use.
My suggestion is to pick option one ;-)

You can also, if you have a points distributor, pull the dist cap, move 
engine until points are closed, turn ignition on,  pry open with an 
insulated screwdriver, see spark at points or not.

Larry Macy
78 Midget (New Pertronix)

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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