I have a 1979 mitsi mirage it will start when push

thunderbolt, May 9, 8:55pm
Check the battery, might have enough grunt to turn the car over, but maybe not enough to turn it over fast enough and provide power for spark etc.

Any Auto sparky will be able to check this for you.
fordluva, May 9, 9:12pm
remove and clean earth connections between car and engine.
zab054, May 10, 12:22am
Faulty ballast resistor,white porcelain thing sit beside the coil.
jash3, May 10, 12:38am
Could be a fautly coil.
m16d, May 10, 12:50am
Yea. I'd go with zab. It'll have something to do with the ballast resistor.
skin1235, May 10, 12:51am
+1
or faulty bypass system - they feed 12v direct to coil while cranking
jrlaw, May 10, 3:40am
Maybe it is a a early Mits with dist points, dirty and closed up gap.
ema1, May 10, 4:17am
I'd say more like burned points, they burn pretty quick if the ballast resister is naffed!
Been there lots of times in the past , i.e.25-30 years ago in my motor trade days fairly common thing with those.
Also check the distributor cap for cracks and other "gremlins" like burned contacts and worn centre contact.
Check the L.T. circuit for faults as well as checking the H.T. spark plug (carbon suppressor type)lead & coil wires for resistance, rule of thumb = a maximum allowable of 10K ohms resistance per 30cm of lead length-anything more than that resistance replace the leads.!
snoopy221, May 10, 9:04am
Ken'll fx it bra. F Ken amazing aye WAT.
Who would think(Shyte here w"e go again

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''ink) dat a 79 missy putsi mirage wood ave points-ah-shyte whaddya do nowadays when ya gotz ta have some ounces of good ole basic COMMON F'Ken SENCE.
**AS YA WERE**
Throws choccy fish at jrlaw-LOL
snoopy221, May 10, 9:07am
Been there lots of times in the past , i.e.25-30 years ago

Paases hat round 4oldfogeys like ema1
LOL-aye ema was that 40 ta 50 yrs!
;LOL
ema1, Feb 4, 10:14am
Yo snoops25-30 years since I last worked on those particularMitsi Pissy's aye.