Re: FrankenSpider almost done, problem with ignition?

["Paul Irvine" <pi@domain.elided>]

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

>A glitch has appeared. Seems that cylinder #3 ignition will just cut out
>and stop firing. Injectors are working fine, a probe demonstrated that
>the ignition just stopped. Drop the engine back to idle, it fires again
>and goes for a little while before cutting out again.
>The mechanic is running tests on the '82 ignition system now, looking for
>bad grounds or wires, corrosion damage, etc. Anyone else had this happen
>before and found the cause?

Godfrey - This is pretty strange but about a week ago my Alfetta started to
develop a miss. It was intermittent but eventually became permanent. I did
some initial poking around and found that #3 wasn't doing it's thing
(removing #3 plug wire while it's running has no effect). I haven't had time
to work on it but I'm going to put a new distributor cap and rotor on to
start with. I'll let you know Wed or Thu what I found.

Paul Irvine  - Antioch CA
72 Spider - 79 Sprint Veloce - 82 GTV6
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