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  1. Minidave

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    #52 Minidave, Mar 19, 2018
    Well, it rained buckets overnight, blew like crazy and today the Racing Green would not start - not so much as a cough, just cranked.....once it quit raining I took the air hose and blew everything dry, and it hit a few times but wouldn't go. So I pulled the plugs and cleaned them off with some carb spray then put them back it, after some more cranking it finally started, so I was able too pull it into the garage.
    Debating whether to order a new ignition switch or just put some new firing pins in it and call it good.
     
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    #53 Sully, Mar 19, 2018
    OK - maybe I’m lost here but the rain shouldn’t have anything to so with it cranking. I’m also not familiar with these engines.. but I am with some older cars (more BMW stuff).. Has it been sitting for a little while? Assume it has a distributor cap? If so, you can pull that and sand tha points and see if that solve the problem. Again.. don’t know these cars, just more off the cuff answer.
     
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    #54 MCS02, Mar 20, 2018
    I have had old cars with points do this to me. If it rains a lot and it is humid the points and distributer cap get to much condensation in/on them. I would have to dry the cap out and run a dollar bill through the points to get it to run.
     
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    #59 Crashton, Apr 3, 2018
    Oh how I hate that cursed bypass hose on those little A series lumps.

    You now have a cursed bypass plug. Miata's have a cursed plug on the back of the head near the firewall & damn near impossible to get to. Makes me wonder if the designer of that part on the A series took a job in Japan. o_O
     
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    #60 wmwny, Apr 3, 2018
    Japanese have extraordinarily thin fingers. Besides, it's their way of "thanking" us for having lost WW II...beats the single finger "salute" every time. :Devilish:
     
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    #61 Crashton, Apr 3, 2018
    I had an old mechanic friend who claimed the Japanese put rusty razor blades in various places on their cars to cut American mechanics to ribbons. :Cautious:
     
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    #62 wmwny, Apr 3, 2018
    Hmmmm...gives a new meaning to "BANZAIIIIII"!!!!
     
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    #64 vetsvette, May 3, 2018
    Hell of a day Dave. Glad you made it through with nothing worse than frayed nerves.
     
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    #65 MCS02, May 4, 2018
    @Minidave I read that post holding my breath. I was worried that you may have got involved in an accident. Glade you made it safe.
    I just got back from the Dragon. I’m to tired to get into it now, I’ll post later, but we need to do something about peoples attitude towards driving. Self driving car are just going to make it worse
     
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    #66 Gil-galad, May 8, 2018
    Thanks for the recap Dave. Wish I could have been there with Stybba. I have an eye on CMU '60.
     
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    #68 Gil-galad, May 23, 2018
    Hope you had a great time with the Se7ens. We had a successful sojourn the following week in the same area (https://flic.kr/s/aHsmgcgj4m). Appreciated the route guidance offered by you and John. Here are the two routes we used for our two days of dedicated local motoring. The second was a bit shorter since it included the brew pub stop. ;-)
    Mountain Home SW Route
    Mountain Home SE-BrewWorks Route

    Thanks again Dave!
     
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    #69 Sully, May 23, 2018
    Those look like some fun drives. Wonder if they are already in the routes to drive forum?

    Edit - just checked, we don't have anything from Arkansas..
     
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    #70 Minidave, May 23, 2018
    I have a few I can post too.....
     
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    #71 Gil-galad, May 24, 2018
    I didn't realize we had that option on MA. I have a bunch of other routes collected over the past 11 years in Google Maps form that might be of interest to others.
     
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    #72 Sully, May 24, 2018
    That would be great -
    Ditto to comment above.

    You can create them here: https://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/fun-roads-routes-and-drives.301/
    That said, we may need to work through updating the directions for how to embed a "google map".. Take a look and let me know your thoughts and/or suggestions for how to make this area better. Its on my "thinking" list... i.e. how to make this even better.
     
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    #79 Dave.0, Jun 23, 2018

    Yup, I have spent too much time driving behind them at 15-20 mph as the stroll up and down the Dragon. All of them jamming out to the Allman Brothers Ramblin' Man.

    Good song, but not over and over again while going so slow is a killer.

    All bikers like to say “share the road” but they forget that they need to pull off for faster traffic also.
     
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    #81 00Mini, Apr 9, 2020
    Nice look.
     
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    #82 MCS02, Apr 9, 2020
    Looks good. Hope your back is better tomorrow
     
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    #85 00Mini, Apr 10, 2020
    They do look comfortable.
     
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    #88 Crashton, Apr 30, 2020
    A 4 wheeled motorcycle, man I've always loved those. What power plant does that one use? An A series or a Kent Ford?
     
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