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Old 05-15-2008, 11:29 AM
Alfacliff Alfacliff is offline
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also for the hard to start, check the wireing in the ignition, also the points and condenser. corrosion is pretty bad after 30 something years. on mine, the wire form the starter solenoid to the coil corroded, it bypasses the ballast resistor when starting to give a hotter spark. the wire form the coil to the distributor had a problem with corrosion also.
it seems that nearly everytime I think it is an ignition problem, it turns out to be the carbs,(put on by previous owner) and evrytime I think it is fuel, it is ignition.
these cars are real simple compared to whats on the market today, so dont be too worried about fixing it.
cliff
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