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 twoguns
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 09:44 AM |
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why wont my buggy run?
hey guys. hoping to get some answers here. my buggy decided taht i wouldnt go any further after dropping my mate off on sunday night after central
coast cruise. we arrived at destination. turned the car off. went inside for about an hour and then i decided to head home. got in the buggy started
it, and got about 15 meters when it coffed and died. after a few attempts of trying to start it just wouldnt...
i checked spark, fuel etc and nothing. went back the next day and it fired up straight away but then died with in a few seconds, and then nothing for
the rest of the arvo.
ive check the fuel pump, i think its fine. the fuel lines, the spark to the distrubutor, and even pulled the carbie off and check the jets and
stuff... i am not the best mechanic so i am obvoiously missing something. can some one help?
could it be a loose wire some where or is it fuel and im not checking something properly?
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 09:48 AM |
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you have to leave the key in the ON position.... :thumb
nah but seriously, it could be a wiring issue. Try hard wiring the Dizzy and see if she runs then.
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 09:51 AM |
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connect the dizzy direct to a battery? where do i connect on the dizzy?
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 10:07 AM |
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If its starting and then stopping first thing that comes to mind is crap in the fuel lines that settles after a little while, then when the pump
starts sucking again, builds up and blocks the line / filter / carby jets or whatever.
But it sounds like you have already checked that out..... I guess you might need to check the strainer in the tank as well.
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 10:11 AM |
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i wondered taht. i blew through the fuel line to the tank and it was no worries. and checked that fuel goes thru the pump. the buggy had jsut run, and
yeah i admit pretty hard, for 150klms an hour b4 it decided it was happy where it stood.
any other thoughts/ suggestions? thanks
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 02:30 PM |
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come on guys, i need help. running out of options, and bugsie is sitting in a friends paddock!!!!
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 02:35 PM |
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try another coil...
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 02:35 PM |
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a match and a tank of fuel? just kidding have you tried ringing my old man for advice cause its probably some thing easy or then again it might not be
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 02:42 PM |
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how can you own so many cars and not now how to Hot Wire a dizzy :duh
You can connect a wire directly to the input side of the dizzy from the battery. The output side of the dizzy goes to the coil. The input side comes
from the ignition switch. You want to connect power to the input side, then start the car. Do not leave the car hooked up like this when not is use as
it will potentially kill the coil (just like you shouldn't leave the key in the ignition position when the cars not running)
Doing this totally eliminates the ignition switch, if it still cuts out after doing this you know it's not an issue with the ignition switch. Which
just leaves points, coil, and fuel. If you've already checked out fuel then you are down to two options (points or coil). It's a process of
elimination.
I take no responsibility for your actions and if you choose to take my advice you do so under you own risk. 
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 02:43 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by twoguns
connect the dizzy direct to a battery? where do i connect on the dizzy?
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Run a "hot" wire from the battery posetive to the coil posetive then try to start it as normal with the wire connected. If it starts you will have
to remove the wire to stop the car. Good luck!!:jesus
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 03:26 PM |
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maybe you have one of the electrical thermal realays wich is going out on overlaod and that is why it is taking a while to reset itself before it will
restart. other then that beats me
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 03:45 PM |
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thanks guys. i will give the coil and bypass a go, and see what happens.
wes.
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 03:54 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by twoguns
thanks guys. i will give the coil and bypass a go, and see what happens.
wes.
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You have u2u :thumb
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 08:32 PM |
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Wes iwould be thinking the distributer condencer is failing, Now with as many cars as you have to eliminate a problum start replacing parts but only
one at a time as you may fix the prob somewhere and not no you have fixed it to great expence later on un neaded parts PS it is pretty hard for any
body even pro's to fix a problem like this without seeing the vehicle
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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| posted on July 7th, 2004 at 08:35 PM |
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sorry can only think so fast . What are the contact points like and gap
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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| posted on July 8th, 2004 at 05:35 PM |
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Well ????? did yoy get it going :alien
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| posted on July 8th, 2004 at 09:59 PM |
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havent read it all but its not vapour lock is it?
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| posted on July 8th, 2004 at 10:45 PM |
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no. i havent. went out there today and 1/ forgot the key. 2/ the battery didnt charge too good. 3/ got really annoyed. so i jumped on the bike, came
home and simmered. am going to put it on a trailer and bring home. might be easier in the shed.
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| posted on July 8th, 2004 at 10:53 PM |
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we had a Lbug paddock burner and all of a sudden there was no power to the whole dash board soo we ran a special hi-tech peace of wire for the coil
out the boot lid around the side shut in the door and onto the battery and away we went again untill we rounded a tyre off the rim!!
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| posted on July 8th, 2004 at 10:55 PM |
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was told that i was back firing the odd spark over that weekend....:duh
[Edited on 8/7/2004 by twoguns]
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| posted on July 8th, 2004 at 10:57 PM |
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hahah koooool... we had four tip muffler and we had flames out all of them!!
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| posted on July 9th, 2004 at 08:16 AM |
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I once had a similar problem in my old notch- turned out to be the distrubitor- some fiber shims had broken allowing the shaft to move up and down a
bit.... so as I drove off and picked up a bit of speed the car would just die.... took me months to figure it out as when stationary everything tested
fine- till i hit a bump and the shaft bounced and shorted the dissy out or something. Put a 009 in it and never had a problem since.
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| posted on July 9th, 2004 at 05:31 PM |
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might check that when i get it home. as it did die as i left teh house and the road is rough. maybe all the abuse is catching up.
thanks
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| posted on July 14th, 2004 at 04:00 PM |
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so did you end up getting it running mate
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| posted on July 17th, 2004 at 12:00 AM |
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is it going:duh
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 10:19 AM |
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what pod said:duh:duh
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| posted on July 29th, 2004 at 11:06 AM |
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heard from the source that the buggy is still not running, he hasnt had time to look for it due to problems with his other cars
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| posted on July 29th, 2004 at 03:34 PM |
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Do you have a tacho in it? If so, disconnect the signal wire from the coil and try again. I had a worn wire earthing mine once and it would die
suddenly on left hand corners.:cussing
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| posted on July 29th, 2004 at 06:43 PM |
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sorry guys. i have jsut left the buggy sit for the time being as i have been rushing around with the gettingthe ghia going. thanks to my mate,
scarlett wil be in the convoy heading to what i hope is sunny nambucca. when i get back i will take a look.
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