From: Jeff & Hanna (ditch68@bytehead.com)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 17:45:42 PST
My M37 had a really wierd miss for the longest time, turned out the
distributor cap was missing the contact in the bottom of the #2 wire "hole".
I made a "new" one from a framing nail which I ground down to size, how that
got lost, I have no idea.
Jeff
1953 M37 WoW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Foley" <redmenaced@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M-37 ignition troubleshooting
> Just thought of another one!
>
> Check to see that the engine/heads have a good, solid,
> clean ground contact to the frame and back to the
> battery. There could be rust or dirt compromising
> such a thing.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> --- James Stead <gadget@EasyPath.com> wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > It's just one possibility, but have you checked
> > the spark at the gap of
> > the plugs? I don't think checking for a spark from
> > the wire to the plug is
> > enough. I've had plugs with cracked insulators which
> > allowed the spark to
> > jump inside the recess of the plug rather than at
> > the gap. I've also had
> > fouled plugs where the spark chose to jump to the
> > side instead of across the
> > gap. The fuel mixture doesn't always light when they
> > spark like that.
>
>
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