[T3] 1 month from yesterday!!!

[Brian Fye]

Bob, that happened to me coming back from the last invasion.  Stopped
for thje night and the next morning was a no starrt.  Looked and
points had closed!

Anyway... Glad you found the problem!

On 5/20/12, Bobsnotch at aol.com <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/20/2012 10:53:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com writes:
>
> I took  the Crate out today, only been sitting since last October and  a
> no-start.  The right carb wasn't filling and the left didn't get gas  out
> of
> the bowl.  Took the tops off and blew things out with choke  cleaner and it
> started, didn't run too bad, made it home anyway (2mi)   I REALLY need to
> drive it and THIS is the year!
>
>
>
> We tried to take Wolfie to the MI Vintage Festival today. Got about an hour
>
>  from the house (57 miles) when it just stopped running (like it just shut
>
> off). Called John for help, as he was the only one I knew anywhere close by
>
>  (this was after I had tried to get it going again for 45 minutes), and he
> pulled  us back to his house. After some food and a little unwind time, I
> replaced the  fuel pump, and still no run, swapped the coil, still no run,
> got
> out the volt  meter, and verified I had power to the coil. Popped the cap
> off, and we were  looking at the ignition points (checking that they did
> open), and found that the  plastic piece that holds the moveable part to the
>
> stationary part had slipped  out of it's slot. put in back in place,
> re-installed the cap, and it fired right  up. Apparently that piece had
> moved just
> enough to ground out the points, not  allowing the car to start. :O  BS'ed a
>
> little while more, did an in-prompt  to  photo op, and said our good by's,
> and
> drove all the way back home  without any real issues (need to re-synch the
> carbs, and toss a  timing light on it again). Not quite a good day (break
> down and not  making the show), but not a bad T-3 day in the end. : ) Still
>
> have a couple of  minor things I need to look at in the next 3 weeks, but
> all
> in all a good  shakedown test drive. : ) So we're getting closer to being
> "road ready".  ;-)
>
> I'd like to say Thank You to John and Jill for rescuing us on the side of
> I-94 (about 7 or 8 miles from their home), giving me a ride to the parts
> store,  and allowing me to use his floor jack (so I can get my fat a$$ under
>
> the front  of the car), but mostly for helping us out when we needed it.
> Thank You. : )
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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Brian Fye
Canyonville Christian Academy
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