Look inside the dizzy cap for condensation. If water gets on a hot
engine you get steam. The steam sometimes condenses inside the dizzy,
giving just the symptoms you describe. If that's OK check to see if the
points are opening properly. Go from there in a logical manner. ;^)
CR
MonteMorris wrote:
> After a month of being idle, I drove the 67B eight miles to town a few days
> ago. I took it to the car wash and on the way home it started missing and
> when making a corner and downshifting to second it died. I noticed as it was
> missing (and dying) the tach was jumping all over the place. I started it up
> again and it missed and died. Restarted and drove the 4 miles home without
> incident. I thought something had just gotten wet while washing (sometimes
> the tach and turn signals die for a while after taking it to the car wash;
> I've found that the problem seems to be a wet connection by the firewall on
> the green wires but it usually dries out and then is fine). So the car sat
> for two days and I started it up and was doing the same thing; missing and
> dying.
> Any suggestions on where to start looking? I didn't notice the generator
> light coming on while the tach was doing it's tricks.
> Thanks,
> Monte
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