In a message dated 8/24/00 4:41:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mrazor@mis.net 
writes:
<< No warning, just quits.  Try several times to
 start it and it won't start, push it to the side of the road, it
 starts and runs for a couple of seconds then dies, cuss the car, try
 and start again starts and dies, cuss some more, try one more time it
 catches and runs just fine.  Drive it around does OK, but kind of
 ragged. >>
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What car, what year?  Sounds like a soft spring in the points, a bad 
condenser, or a bad ground wire in the dizzy.  
Could also be other stuff, but that's where I would start.  Are you sure the 
plug wires are all in tight?
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
 
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