[FC] Now what?

[Vairtec Corporation]

Despite my earlier message about things such as missing shrouds causing 
cooked coils and vapor lock, I too have fallen victim to the coil giving 
up once it got hot, only to work again when cooled, and I have had the 
pleasure of having the coil simply die, period.  Once you have spent an 
unplanned night sleeping in your Corvair on a rural road in cold weather 
because the coil died, you add a coil to your road trip spares.

For short trips such as the trip Ben describes, I carry a AAA card like 
Ben does.

--Bob Marlow


Ben's Bus wrote:
> Well, today I was on my way to my buddy's house to work on some projects 
> and the Rampside died...just died without warning. The accelerator did 
> nothing and I barely got it off on a side road after pretty much cutting 
> off a semi-truck.
>
> I had fuel spraying into the carbs and she cranked...but would not turn 
> over. I am looking immediately at the coil. It took 2 hours for AAA to 
> get a roll back to tow me home.
>
> Once home, and while I had things apart, I put the rebuilt starter in 
> that the truck has needed for a long, long time and cleaned underneath 
> the transaxle cover..
>
> Hopefully the coil will solve my problem- it did when the Greenbrier did 
> this exact same thing a few years ago.
>
> Safe travels!
>
> Ben
>
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