<VV> Intermittent Corvair

[Mark Durham]

Jim, if the coil overheats it will cause a similar problem and when it cools
down, will start right up. When I first put the Pertronics II in my 62 102
with the high output coil, It ran good for about 250 miles and then it all
of a sudden started to buck, luckily it was a half mile to my house I I just
kinda coasted/idled into the driveway and it died and would not start.
Replaced the coil, that Flame Thrower lasted fewer miles, so instead of
getting another flamethorwer, I just went down to Schucks and got a std coil
and its worked for two summers. Mark Durham
PS. I also had problems with the resister wire found in the late 62's abnd
63, sit started to smke and burn the insulation, so I cut it out and rewired
for 12 volts when I bought the std coil.

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 2:43 PM, kevin nash <wrokit at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>
>
>
>  Jim-
>
>  Although I have had a coil fail on me, (car died, wouldnt re-start untill
> coil was
>
>  replaced) I haven't had one go bad like you are describing. I have had the
> buck
>
>  and kick problem, and in my case it was an ignition problem. Check to make
> sure
>
>  that the ballast resistor wire connections are secure, and that the
> resistor itself is
>
>  not broken (remove the hold down screw and check underneath and verify
> that
>
>  the resistor is in one piece). Also, check the coil wire connections,
> making sure
>
>  that they are nice and tight, or at least down firm enough so that you
> cannot
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>  rotate the connections on the terminals with your fingers. Next, check
> that the
>
>  points wire leaving the distributor has not been damaged- the the
> insulation on the
>
>  wire can sometimes be rubbed away enough to  intermittently short out on
> the
>
>  distributor. If all of these checks are good, try a known good coil-
> sometimes
>
>  coils can fail like you describe, and it is because they heat up and the
> resistance
>
>  gets too high for them to work properly.
>
>  Kevin Nash
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:37:21 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Jim Gammon <gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: <VV> Intermittant Corvair
> > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> > Message-ID: <846128.13522.qm at web51108.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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> >
> > My 64 coupe 110 2 carb 'vair runs fine for about 5 miles, then starts to
> buck and kick, then it dies.
> > ?
> > I had assumed that the previous owner had screwed up the carbs (which he
> had) and replaced them with Clark's rebuilts. I did a full tuneup, cap,
> rotor, condenser, all wires, vacuum hoses, plugs, points.
> > ?
> > Took her out today, and had to get her towed 1.5 miles?home.
> > ?
> > I'm thinking the coil is the problem, but I don't know. It could be
> wiring or the ingition switch or -???
> > ?
> > Anyone have a coil fail this way?
> > ?
> > Any other ideas?????
> > ?
> > Jim NJ
> >
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