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Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :( if6was9 #141287 08/15/08 08:28 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 20,054 Houston, Texas ,US Bjorn Sefeldt Administrator
Bjorn Sefeldt Administrator Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 20,054 Houston, Texas ,US	Originally Posted By if6was9 My guess is under the distributor cap... worn rotor/cap, points. it CAN also be, its VERY rare, but happened twice to me in the 60`s...rotor can be sitting at a so perfectly wrong place that there`s no contact...if its a manual car ,put it in gear ,give it a push so the rotor moves...if not manual, just take the cap off ,wiggle it a bit... this happened on our Simca Vedette and on a friends Jaguar...not sure if it CAN happen on a GM car, but think it can... FireBjorn http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/closeup.mv?CarID=221 69 convertible 400 (was 350) Natalie, SOLD 58 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce , Gina,(SOLD) 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider, Mrs Robinson 2011 Volvo C30 T5 , Victoria ,.....( or Vicky)

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Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	08/15/08 03:17 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Firebob	08/15/08 03:39 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Yellowbird	08/15/08 03:39 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	08/15/08 03:46 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Yellowbird	08/15/08 03:49 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	08/15/08 03:53 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Yellowbird	08/15/08 03:59 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	08/15/08 04:50 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Yellowbird	08/15/08 06:23 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Bjorn Sefeldt	08/15/08 04:06 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	RLMOORE	08/15/08 04:34 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Wouter	08/15/08 06:06 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	08/15/08 08:16 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	if6was9	08/15/08 09:41 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	tinindninkc	08/15/08 11:39 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Bjorn Sefeldt	08/16/08 12:28 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Yellowbird	08/16/08 12:29 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Bjorn Sefeldt	08/16/08 05:11 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	08/22/08 02:21 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Dave's Langley '68 Droptop	08/22/08 05:47 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Robert	08/22/08 05:24 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Region Warrior	08/22/08 05:43 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Bjorn Sefeldt	08/22/08 05:49 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Robert	08/22/08 06:50 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Bjorn Sefeldt	08/22/08 07:04 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Region Warrior	08/22/08 08:24 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	68tpls400	08/22/08 08:52 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Z_Firebird	08/22/08 09:03 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Region Warrior	08/22/08 10:46 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Z_Firebird	08/22/08 11:40 PM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Bjorn Sefeldt	08/23/08 12:07 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	Earlybird	08/23/08 12:33 AM
Re: Bird Won't Start!??? :(	michaelmerc	09/29/08 08:38 AM

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