<VV> Got A Question

Jim Houston jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com
Thu Dec 11 18:12:06 EST 2008


Could it be the condenser in the Distributor??

Jim Houston

Dennis Pleau wrote:
> Check the plug gap..
>
> dp
>
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of gwd601 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:05 AM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Got A Question
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> Mike, I am a member of CORSA and my local chapter , Friends of Corvair here
> in Ohio and I have an ignition problem w/ my 63 Monza that "appears" to be
> unique to my car that I find hard to believe.?Here it is.
> The car starts and runs just fine when it is cold. 17 miles later across the
> freeway, about the time the engine is fully warmed up, the car begins
> missing, breaking up and will hardley pull away from a stop. If you floor
> the accelerator the engine will just stall, you need to really feather it to
> crawl along and begin picking up speed again. Not good. I have been through
> all aspects of both fuel and ignition and what has seemed to have "fixed"
> the problem is a new performance coil that allows the car to drive about 98%
> normal. It still? seems like just a little bit of a miss at times when fully
> warmed up but no driveability problems compared to before w/ the old coil.
> In my experience w/ this thing, I found that the coil gets extreamly hot due
> ofcourse to?its location. Yes my vent doors are working fine.
> I tried several other old OE coils and they too failed.?I can't believe that
> I am the only one haveing problems w/ old ignition coils getting too hot. IF
> that is really the problem.
> The car is a 63 Monza cpe. 85hp / auto with 45,000 miles. It has been in our
> family for 30 yrs and I know the cars history as I have been the only one
> ever to work on it. It has new wires and plugs ect. Carbs rebuilt and fuel
> system checked out including a new pump. 
> Any advice would be apprciated.
> Thank you.
> Gary DeMoss
> Bath Oh.
> gwd601 at aol.com
>
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