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Author:  scotty [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:43 pm ]
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Had to drive to sydney yesterday in the wet and before I had even got to the expressway the mini died on me, and now wont start. Battery is fine and I'm getting fuel to the carbs. It started once and idled in the afternoon, but as soon as I put my foot down while in gear it just struggled and konked out not to be started since. Any ideas on where to start?
Author:  68matic [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:46 pm ]
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clean out the float bowls, let carby dry out and see what happens, happened to herman on a foggy cold morning
Author:  fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:50 pm ]
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I was thinking the distributor may have got wet, take of the cap and let it dry out or use WD-40 on it, and probably clean up points, rotor, and contacts etc while your at it.
Author:  Sabreatche [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:38 pm ]
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Yeah, the distributer has a nasty way of shorting in the rain, make sure you dry it out completely and try again.

If it turns out to be the case, you can get some nifty water covers for the distributor that'll keep it dry and keep you driving.
Author:  scotty [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:42 pm ]
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Are they from repco, autopro etc?
Author:  awdmoke [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:57 pm ]
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There's no point in having a wife/girlfriend/mother if you can't borrow their hairdryer to dry off your dizzy :D
Author:  fuzzy-hair-man [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:57 pm ]
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I have heard of them being made from a rubber glove cut the tips off the fingers and stick the leads through :D I have seen the 'proper' ones for sale on ebay a couple of times. Ask Karcraft if they have any :idea:
Author:  gafmo [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:07 pm ]
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Yep I have used the Rubber glove trick...works a treat and looks funny Also :lol:
Or you could also use an old Icecream container..but not as fun and hard to keep it thier

I'm sure thier is a proper one on Ebay at the moment

Or you could go the Pulsar route :wink:
Author:  Maxi23 [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:17 pm ]
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Check your spark plugs.

I had the same issue on weekend.

Idled fine, could rev the crap out of it, but as soon as i put it in 1st and went to drive it would stall.

My plugs were BLACK and pitted, cost me $14 for new ones and then i leaned up the mixture.
Author:  speedy [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:48 pm ]
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gafmo wrote:
Or you could go the Pulsar route :wink:


Pardon my ignorance, but how does the Pulsar electronic dizzy avoid the water problem?
Author:  Zizzle [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:01 pm ]
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awdmoke wrote:
There's no point in having a wife/girlfriend/mother if you can't borrow their hairdryer to dry off your dizzy :D


Thought you were ing to say "There's no point in having a wife/girlfriend/mother if you can't ask her to get out and push... in the rain..." :wink:
Author:  gafmo [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:27 pm ]
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No points in a Pusar Elecrtic Dizzy... :wink: .
So No Need for the Miss's to push you around
Author:  speedy [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:29 pm ]
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Cool, but isn't vulnerable if water gets on it?
Author:  awdmoke [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:33 pm ]
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gafmo wrote:
No points in a Pusar Elecrtic Dizzy... :wink: .
So No Need for the Miss's to push you around


There's never a need for her to push me around, but there's no point arguing :lol:
Author:  scotty [ Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:32 pm ]
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Starting to lose patience with it now. Had a fan on blasting air onto the dizzy for the last 3hours. Tried a couple of capfulls of go-juice in the carbs and still nothing. Could the dizzy fail this quickly? If so, does anyone have a dizzy to sell?
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