Something in this thread makes me wonder about grounding on a fresh rebuild,
meaning a freshly painted car.
When rewiring the grounds after a complete repaint, do you need to grind away
the paint when attaching grounds?
Greg
65BJ8
Sent from my iPhone so please excuse typos and brevity.
On Nov 20, 2011, at 1:56 PM, I Erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:
> missed a cog on the timing gear? do not have dizzy in at TDC when
> re-installing?
> water in gas? loose ground strap, intermittent contact with metal
> expansion? curse of Joseph Lucas?
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Robert Blair <rnbmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Bob, Interesting one .... key seems to be cold vs hot issues meaning
>> something
>> is wrong when the material temp rises....probably not wiring, and since
you
>> have done fuel pump, timing, floats.....
>>
>> I would be looking at:
>>
>> 1. Air leak in inlet manifolks/gaskets
>> 2. One carb dash has no oil
>> 3. Coil - just try another one - leakage tough to trace.
>> 4. Condenser in distributor - just replace it - ditto.
>> 5. Replace the rotor - lots of bad China stuff - hair line cracks.
>> 6. Bad gasoline?
>>
>> Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail@yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 11/20/11, Bob Abbott <thehealeyguy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Bob Abbott <thehealeyguy@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Healeys] Ruff running, bucking car
>>> To: healeys@autox.team.net
>>> Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011, 3:26 AM
>>> I need the group'.s help with a
>>> problem that has me stumped. Car is a 100 -
>>> completely restored. Not 100 miles on it. Everything new
>>> during the
>>> restoration.
>>> Starts fine, runs smoothly, until it warms up. It
>>> then begins to miss and
>>> buck. Its worse on acceleration but you don't need to be
>>> hard on the
>>> throttle for it to happen. Replaced the new fuel pump with
>>> another bran-new
>>> one. Sent the distributor back to Jeff to have him check
>>> his
>>> rebuild.Checked mixture, timing,float bowl level, etc. and
>>> all seem to be
>>> spot on. I'm at a loss as to what to look for next. Any and
>>> all ideas will
>>> be followed up
>>> Bob
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