<VV> Pitch dark is a good thing.
cfm
cfmann at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 5 13:09:02 EDT 2008
I've had a few blind dates in my day when pitch black was a good thing.... ;-)
--- On Tue, 8/5/08, Ernie Sanders <epssax at yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Ernie Sanders <epssax at yahoo.com>
Subject: <VV> Pitch dark is a good thing.
To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 4:57 PM
My '66 Monza 110, PG, Convertible has been missing or hesitating since I
bought it totally restored. The PO had the same problem. Carbs redone, wires,
ect. ect.....Carbs have been apart several times looking for the problem.
Well, a friend thought I needed to replace sparkplug wires. I remembered as a
kid looking at leaky wires in the dark and they put on quite a light show. I
pulled the '66 into the barn and took a look. No spark plug wires were
arcing but I saw a faint glow around the pos terminal of the coil. Turns out
the slide-in ignition wire terminal was TOO LONG. It was almost touching the
coil housing and was arcing and getting brighter inder accelleration. I trimmed
the terminal off a little and took it out for a spin--problem cured. 6 years
after restoration, this very nice Marina Blue Corvair runs as good as it looks.
Ernie
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