<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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