stranded in Cambria CA, overrev on Santa Rosa Creek Road |
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stranded in Cambria CA, overrev on Santa Rosa Creek Road |
davesprinkle |
Nov 25 2017, 11:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 2,943 Region Association: None |
Driving Santa Rosa Creek Road today. I banged a 3-2 downshift. Couple of pops in the exhaust, then no torque. I coast to a stop. Engine cranks fast but doesn't light.
I put a finger on the air flap and hear the fuel pump run. Good. Voltage to the coil? 10.8V. (Low, but I've been cranking on this damn thing for a bit. So, OK.) I pull the distribulator cap and look at the points. OK. I'm out of easy options, so I start walking. Seven miles back to town. No cell service. I'm thinking I bent some valves on an over-rev. Here's a pic: Attached image(s) |
davesprinkle |
Nov 29 2017, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 2,943 Region Association: None |
Monday afternoon, Guy at SGS called me and said the car was running. No valvetrain damage.
I picked it up yesterday. Guy shows me a fracture in the phenolic rubbing-block on the points. During the over-rev, the block cracked, we lost the gap in the points, and then no more spark. Guy asks, "You ever consider running Pertronix?" I say, "No way, man, those are unreliable." |
ConeDodger |
Nov 29 2017, 07:44 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,757 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California |
Monday afternoon, Guy at SGS called me and said the car was running. No valvetrain damage. I picked it up yesterday. Guy shows me a fracture in the phenolic rubbing-block on the points. During the over-rev, the block cracked, we lost the gap in the points, and then no more spark. Guy asks, "You ever consider running Pertronix?" I say, "No way, man, those are unreliable." Good save. Pretty sure everyone in Cambria knows our late Cap’n Crusty. John would throttle you from the grave! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) RIP Cap’n! |
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