The fact that it "just died" call out real loud Electrical... could have
been a bad/dirty connection somewhere in the LT side. Has it happened
anymore? You may have fixed it just by the "extra push". If it happenes
again, I would get a can of contact cleaner from the local Radio Shack and
go thru all the connectors in the Ign. circuit and clean them up first.
Could be the coil too (even tho it was cool to the touch). I had one in a 58
A once that would go open every once in a while... no rhyme or reason...
after a few minutes it would fire right up and run perfectly. Only way I
found it was by using the shotgun approach, just started replacing
everything in the ign. circuit one at a time til the problem went away.
Good Luck
Chuck Young
'79 Midget
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
To: MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 5:46 AM
Subject: Whahappened?
> Okay here's a puzzler for you all. As I'm driving in to work this
> morning ('77 Midget, 1500, original ZS carb, desmogged, Crane xr-700
> ignition on original OPUS distributor, otherwise stock), I slow down for
> some traffic, and the engine DIES.
>
> No stumble, no sputter, just dies. I coast to the side of the road, hit
> the flashers, and hop out to investigate. The coil and Crane amplifier
> are cool to the touch, all connections on ignition circuit are secure,
> but I give them an extra "push" to make sure. (Elapsed time from
> shutdown to this point, under 60 seconds)
>
> Decide to crank it over to listen for anything unusual, and it STARTS.
> Runs fine. (There's a slight hesitation coming off idle, but I know I
> need to replace the o-ring in the bottom of the carb damper, so I figure
> I'm going low on damper oil.) Takes me the rest of the way into the
> office with no troubles.
>
> Any thoughts on what happened?
>
> Chris Kotting
> ckotting@iwaynet.net
>
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