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Something simple you might want to check is
somwething that happened to me recently. That car ran and drove fine, then died.
Hard to push a 72 Ambassador SST wagon you know. Sometimes it would start right
up, other times not. The first place I wanted to look is the distributor, since
it seemed odd that it would just die. Sure enough, vibration had worked loose
the little black wire from the condensor, so it was barely touching the points.
The other black wire to the coil in there was fine, it was just the condensor
wire loose, just sitting on top. I pulled it out, flattened it more and put back
on and no problems since.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 6:21
AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins]
Problems
I would agree. A loose wire somewhere.
In a message dated 9/18/05 9:08:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, twa1950@xxxxxxx writes: Had Gremmie out tonight and something
happen that never happen before. I had driven about 20 miles made a couple
of stops. I was driving down a four lane about 45 miles an hour and he
just quits like you turn the key off. The lights came on the dash and the
radio kept playing. It coasted into a stores parking lot. I tried
starting him and it turned over but nothing. I open the hood shook the
connectors around the distributor and the ignition modular and he started
right up. I started home drove him for another 10 miles and he did the
same thing. I coasted into another store parking lot. He started right up
this time. I didn't even have to open the hood. I drove it a couple of
more miles stopped and got gas. It was about 1/2! full. Took the
expressway home about 10 miles got him up to 65 ran fine. I brought him
home let him set for about an hour he started right up drove him around
the block everything seems great. I am going to change the fuel filters
even though I changed them at the beginning of the summer. I bought a new
ignition box that is the only thing I can think of. You got any
suggestions. Either the beginning of last summer or maybe the summer
before that I changed about every thing under the hood just because it was
getting old. Plugs, wires coil, distributor cap, rotor button, fuel pump.
The only thing I can think of he knows that the big car show in the park
is next weekend. It seems every year something happens to put me ill at
ease with him. Last year it was the gas tank. If anyone knows of anything
else I can change out that would be quick and easy let me know. There is a
three or four mile road leading into the park. The last think I need is
for him to die on that road. I get laugh ! at enough because I have a
Gremlin I don't need him to die on me and have all the other cars have to
go around me. LOL. There have been more than one car die on that
road.
Thanks
Terry
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