Re: [T3] Haunted Engine

["Jason Weigel" <notchboy@comcast.net>]

<x-flowed>Jim seems to have the right areas to be loking, so get started and take your 
time. And by the way, crawl under in the muck and make sure the ground is 
connected to the body from the tranny. Please have your girl takes pics, 
this should be good!

Good luck and go get em Andre!

jason


> The fact that this problem has persisted thru several dists tells me that 
> the
> problem is somewhere else. I would be looking at the wiring or the 
> ignition
> switch: A wire which has been flexed too many times can break inside the
> insulation; an ignition switch can be intermittent or resistive (leading 
> to
> excessive voltage drop.)  Watch the voltage from ground to each side, in 
> turn,
> on the coil. The ignition switch side should sit steadily at 6V. The dist 
> side
> should vary between 6V and ground as you open and close the points.


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