Re: Mounted on wrecker '62

[Mike Phelps <mikeph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My car would shut off driving down the street in traffic on hot days here in FL. Of course that was most days. I could take a wet rag and cool down the coil and it would start right up no problem. Ended up putting the coil on the inner fender. Problem solved. 
Mike P

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On Jul 18, 2010, at 11:30 PM, Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> The coil could be a good candidate. I had intermittent spark when my 
> coil heated up and the car would die. Like at the start line at the 
> races:-( You do have voltage to the coil don't you?
> 
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> =====================================================================
> Paul Lennemann wrote:
>> 
>> Bad condenser is a good guess.  Is the eccentric on the distributor 
>> shaft rough?  If so it will wear down the part of the points that runs 
>> against it changing the point gap.  That could explain why it happened 
>> after a bit of a drive.  Not trying to fire at all tends to make me 
>> think ignition.
>> 
>> Paul L.
>> '63 Sport Fury
>> 440/727
>> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
>> 
>> spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Okay, thanks, will do Nico. I'm thinking that even if a couple plug 
>>> wires were fried the motor should still run, though poorly. Unless all 
>>> of them went bad. Weirder things have happened. :)
>>> 
>>> Could anything in the distributor have broken? How much play should 
>>> there be in the rotor if I grab it and move it left to right and back? 
>>> 
>>> Gary H. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Another thought, may have already been suggested is check each plug wire 
>>>> 
>>>> for 
>>>> an internal break with a VOM depending on how old they are.
>>>> Nico
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Paul L.
>> '63 Sport Fury
>> 440/727
>> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> 
> 
> 
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
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