

| Subject: | Re: [WetWesties] hot-not-start |
| From: | Mike S |
| Date: | Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:38:29 -0400 |
At 03:07 PM 7/27/2009, Don Spence wrote... >When the ambient temp >rises above 26 celcius (80 Fahrenheit) The engine slowly heats up and >runs fine until I hit a stop light when it will stall at idle. It >will not restart (cranks fine) until the engine has "rested" for at >least 10 minutes. Any one with any wisdom to share as to what could >cause this?? Do you by chance have an add-on electronic ignition, like a Pertronix? They tend to be marginal and overheat, unless a ballast resistor is added to the coil. I had similar troubles on my '81 with a Hot Spark, until I added a ballast resistor. No problem now.
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