STARTING PROBS

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Morrisand944S2man
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Re: STARTING PROBS

#11 Post by Morrisand944S2man » Mon May 02, 2011 11:30 pm

Car should still start with a dodgy capacitor. What it does is stop- or minimise sparking across the points when they open.

A dodgy capacitor will make the car run badly when it does start.

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Re: STARTING PROBS

#12 Post by JPB » Mon May 02, 2011 11:45 pm

That assumes o/c, but if the condenser fails s/c then the car won't be starting any time soon. Though the o/p did mention a weak spark, so I'd probably go back to the idea of that rotor arm. Even the older, Bakelite ones can leak to earth occasionally.
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