<VV> Plug insert and/runs 20 minutes

Hugo Miller hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Wed Jan 29 03:19:56 EST 2020


You don't have a 12 volt coil fitted by any chance?

On 2020-01-28 22:05, Smitty via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Sunday I drilled, tapped, and inserted the oversized Easy Lock
> insert.  Had to let it sit 24 hours for the chemical lock to set up.
> Yesterday I put the plug in and so far everything is working as
> advertised.then I got back to the low miles 62 that dies when warmed
> up.  Every time I thought I had it, it turned around and bit me 
> again.
> My ego was taking an awful beating.  Logic kept telling me if it runs
> on the start circuit then the problem has to be related to the run
> circuit.  BUT,  there was that nice new engine wire harness.  Nice
> white resistance wire,  new connectors.  Can’t be there.  Measuring 
> it
> didn’t tell me a thing.  Voltage read constant.  But still.  Today I
> pulled the resistance wire connectors out of the couplings.  Made up 
> a
> bypass wire with a ballast bar in it.  Plugged it in where the
> resistance wire had been and fired it up.  Ran perfectly.  No
> stumbling or missing.  Toured the neighborhood for 30 minutes.  Found
> a couple of small problems but nothing with the way it ran.  Next to
> get the state inspection and get it insured and I B cruisin.  So much
> for assuming.
>
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