Reply to "Engine Cutting Out"

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orangish-blue spark flicking away through the VROOOOOM and cut off

Are you saying that you had spark through the last few revolutions of the engine (before the engine stopped rotating), or did the spark stop as soon as the engine stopped maintaining RPM?

When the engine stops maintaining RPM, does the tach instantly go to zero, or does the tach continue to indicate the decreasing RPM?

Does the engine quit as soon as you release the key from the start position?

What type of ignition system do you have...points and coil or....?

If your distributor has a vacuum advance, remove and plug all of the hoses and try starting the engine.

John

6/17/108:59 PM

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