Hi David,
I'm with Ulix, check your grounds for the light it self. I had a 71
Firebird, with the lights in the rubber bumber, that took me over 2
years to find that it needed a seperate ground on the front lights. It
was doing exactly what you said. There should be a terminal in the
trunk for grounds, or check those wonderful bullet connectors. I ended
up replacing all of the connectors on my 74 B becuase they corroded so
bad.
good luck grounds are about the hardest electrical faults to find.
Rick
Lancer7676@aol.com wrote:
>
> OK Guys!! Two problems:
>
> (1) I have previously written this list seeking advice and ideas about my 1979
> Midget's timing. A strange thing has happened. If you recall, the Midget
> idled pretty well and had lots ofpower under load, as when accelerating and
> decelerating. While attempting to maintain speed it missed, backfired, and
> jumped around to a high degree. This morning I drove the car to work and it
> ran the worst it has ever run. Spitting, missing, backfiring, no matter
> whether under load of coasting--little power. Idled pretty well though. I
> parked inthe parking lot at work and went inside.
>
> About 2 hours later, I had occasion to leave the building and hop in my Midge
> to drive somewhere--somewhat dreading the ride due to the missing. Much to my
> surprise it ran perfectly!!!! Not a miss or a pop to be felt or heard. The
> same held after work--ran beautifully--no misses or pops whether under load or
> coasting. Engine sounded great, good pep. Remember I had done NOTHING to the
> engine to effect this turnaround.
>
> At home, I popped the hood to replace the stop light switch, and I noticed
> that the plastic hose that runs from the diaphragm of the distributor to the
> carburetor had come into contact with the exhaust manifold, had melted, and
> had sealed itself on both the carb and the distributor ends. Thus
> accidentally sealing the connection between hose between the carb and the
> distributor improved the running of the engine--in effect taking the vacuum
> advance OUT of the picture made it run better. Does that clinch the idea that
> I need to replace the distrubutor, or is there someting else at play?
>
> (2) The stop lights did not work when I got this Midget. After checking
> everything, it came down to the switch, which proved to be the culprit. After
> replacing the brake light switch with a good one, both brake lights work when
> the lights are off and the pedal is depressed, although the right one is much
> dimmer than the left one. When the Headlights/taillights are on and the brake
> pedal is pressed the left brake light comes on, but THE RIGHT LIGHT GOES OUT
> ALTOGETHER! Anybody got an idea about the cause of this? Lights off, right
> brake light works dimly while left brake light works brightly, Lights on, the
> talilights burn but when the pedal is pushed the right light goes out.
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> ----David
> '67 Sprite MKIV, aka, Vicky
> '79 Midget, aka, Taz
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