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Re: If it ain't broke...

To: "Jason Dutt" <jason@markerman.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: If it ain't broke...
From: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:40:15 -0700
Jason.........

1st thought - perhaps you connected the wires to the points on the wrong
side of the insulator. It's easily (and often) done!

2nd thought - the new condenser is bad. Try refitting the old one.

3rd thought - the new rotor is bad. Try refitting the old one.

Beyond that, who the heck knows........................?

Lawrie

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Dutt <jason@markerman.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 21, 1999 7:36 PM
Subject: If it ain't broke...


>Okay...fine...I've learned my lesson.  But someone, PLEASE get me out of
>this one.
>
>So my wife and I are doing the once-over on the B as we're going down to
>Mid-Ohio this weekend.  I decide I'm going to check the distributor points.
>Open up the distributor, look at the points... Not burnt, but they're a
>little (and I mean a little...what was I thinking?  Oh well...) stubby.  So
>I decide to replace them...hey, I've got the parts laying around for just
>such an occasion.  No big deal, right?
>
>So I fit the new point set, condenser, cap, and rotor (the wires are pretty
>new...don't need replaced), and gap the points.  Turn the crankshaft until
>the pinnacle of the rotor is reached, then set the gap to .014.  Great.
>Everything looks beautiful.  Get in the car, turn it over...  and over...
>and over...  It doesn't fire.
>
>Long story short, I've checked everything... firing order, gap, etc...
>everything looks right.  I checked for spark by hooking a good plug up to
>the #1 lead and contacting it to the engine block as Stacy turned the car
>over.  NO SPARK.
>
>So, tell me guys, what did I break, and who can I hire to come fix it for
me
>so I can drive this weekend! <g>
>
>Best Regards,
>
>=J=
>


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