As far as I can tell the tach was working fine even up till the time
the engine died. This all happened in about 1 - 2 minutes time and I
really did not have much of a chance to listen to the engine before
it died. Not sure if that helps anyone with but thought I would put
that out there.
Kristi and Lambert
'74 RWA Midget (Mini Lee)
'77 Midget
On Aug 6, 2006, at 4:37 PM, Robert E. Shlafer wrote:
> "The tach went from 3k to 1k (twice) then the engine died"
>
> Did the engine revs agree with the tach indications or did the tach
> read inaccurately only before it died?
>
> If the latter, the problem is electrical in nature, in the area
> where the tach gets
> it's signal....distributor??? Wiring? (Ground?)
>
> Condenser? (anyone know what happens when a condenser packs up? I
> don't...I went
> Crane and PerTronix a long time ago).
>
> Cap'n. Bob '60 :{)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristi & Lambert
> Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2006 12:15 PM
> To: Spridget List
> Subject: Diagnostics
>
> Well once again Lambert and I are having problems with Mini Lee ('74
> Midget). We were driving her on Wednesday and when I got on the
> highway she basically cut out on me. The tach went from about 3000
> RPM's to 1000 then back up to 3000 then back down. I pulled over and
> with in a couple of seconds of me pulling over she died. Of course
> we then tried to figure out what had happened. I was not out of gas,
> the car was not overheating despite the almost 100 degree weather.
> She just won't start. We thought maybe she had gotten vapor locked
> but after letting her sit and then trying to start her with the fuel
> cap off and the next day she still will not start. We have since had
> her towed home again, changed the fuel filter, changed the negative
> battery cable (started to smoke a little this morning while trying to
> start the car), checked the coil, checked the distributor (found a
> cable that was at one time soldered into place (ground wire) fixed
> that. We had a hard time trying to check and make sure we had spark
> at the plugs since the new cables have long caps on them we can not
> pull the wire and see the spark. We are lost. The points and
> everything in the distributor look fine, the plugs look fine, the
> fuel filter is new and seems to be working fine, fuel pump is
> working. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Kristi and Lambert
> '74 RWA Midget (Mini Lee)
> '77 Midget
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