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Re: [alfa] 78 Spider No Staaaaarrrght



Looking at the Aurora web site, they list wires for all the Spiders up to 
1991, (1960- 1974, 1975 - 1981, 1982- 1991) but not the 1992/93 cars. Does 
anyone know why this would be - what the differences are?

Gwynne Spencer

At 01:38 PM 7/23/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Ben:
>
>Someone's bound to ask, so I guess I'll be the sucker.  Why is the cold 
>start solenoid absent?
>
>If in fact you do need a set of wires, I've found this company to make a 
>very good product, and have a set on my '87.
>
>http://www.auroraignitionwires.com/CarTruckSets.htm
>
>Regards,
>
>Dean
>Lutz, FL
>'74 & '87 Spider Veloce's
>
>At 12:43 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:41:28 -0700
>>From: Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@domain.elided>
>>Subject: [alfa] 78 Spider No Staaaaarrrght
>>
>>Howdy Folkies,
>>
>>Okay... the patient is my 1978 Spider with Crane XR700 electric
>>ignition and removed cold start solenoid. It starts fine most of the
>>time, but lately (moved to foggy drippy Santa Cruz) it has been spark
>>free in the mornings. Yesterday I finally got some time to check with a
>>multimeter and I have pulse at the coil, the end of the coil wire, and
>>after jostling it, at the plugs. But this morning, it went back to
>>normal and no amount of monkeying could get it to go (I could have
>>flooded it, but I don't suspect this is the case, as my car has been
>>historically pretty resistant to said affliction).
>>
>>So... is it time to invest in some new wires?
>>
>>Thanks all (and especially Richard for putting up with us kids)
>>Ben Kaupp
>>'78 Spider (sitting at home)
>>'88 Schwinn World Sport (not sitting at home)
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