75 Engine dies - Condenser?
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From: Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom
75 Engine dies - Condenser?
After running my car for the first time in a few months the engine dies while braking at the bottom of a hill and then failed to re-start. I immediately checked for fuel in the carb and all was well there. Afer about three minutes the car started again, but the same happened a few minutes later. I waggled a few wires around the distributer and the wire fell off the condenser. Possibly coincidentally, the car then started. Two questions. Could this have been a faulty condenser going short circuit when hot, secondly, what does it do anyway given that the car runs without it and it has HEI and not points, which is what I thought a condenser was across anyway.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
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After running my car for the first time in a few months the engine dies while braking at the bottom of a hill and then failed to re-start. I immediately checked for fuel in the carb and all was well there. Afer about three minutes the car started again, but the same happened a few minutes later. I waggled a few wires around the distributer and the wire fell off the condenser. Possibly coincidentally, the car then started. Two questions. Could this have been a faulty condenser going short circuit when hot, secondly, what does it do anyway given that the car runs without it and it has HEI and not points, which is what I thought a condenser was across anyway.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
Just where exactly was this piece connected to on your dizzy? Did it plug into the cap on the outer left side?
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Check to make sure the wires going into the hei distributor still have their locking tabs on them. Mine were broke off and when the wires come loose (like when drag racing a v6 accord that kicked my *** 
) it dies..
-F
) it dies.. -F
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After running my car for the first time in a few months the engine dies while braking at the bottom of a hill and then failed to re-start. I immediately checked for fuel in the carb and all was well there. Afer about three minutes the car started again, but the same happened a few minutes later. I waggled a few wires around the distributer and the wire fell off the condenser. Possibly coincidentally, the car then started. Two questions. Could this have been a faulty condenser going short circuit when hot, secondly, what does it do anyway given that the car runs without it and it has HEI and not points, which is what I thought a condenser was across anyway.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
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After running my car for the first time in a few months the engine dies while braking at the bottom of a hill and then failed to re-start. I immediately checked for fuel in the carb and all was well there. Afer about three minutes the car started again, but the same happened a few minutes later. I waggled a few wires around the distributer and the wire fell off the condenser. Possibly coincidentally, the car then started. Two questions. Could this have been a faulty condenser going short circuit when hot, secondly, what does it do anyway given that the car runs without it and it has HEI and not points, which is what I thought a condenser was across anyway.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
Any thoughts.
Rob in the U.K.
