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re: "The pump pumps normally and each time I pulled the float bowl caps,
they have been full of gas."
Which type/brand of pump do you have? I've seen pumps, both points and
SS, do some unexplainable things. Another thought: something in the tank
that intermittently blocks the pickup. We bought a used tank for our BN2
and experienced erratic behavior from the engine; my dad finally tracked
it down to a pinhole leak near where the pickup was soldered to the
tank. Dad surmised the flux used to facilitate the soldering eventually
etched the hole (the tank was otherwise in good shape).
bs
On 9/20/2023 7:46 AM, Tom Felts via Healeys wrote:
> Since having the car towed home I have checked all connections in the
> ignition system, pulled the distributor base plate out and cleaned
> it--the the two pieces were very tight. I have let her run in the
> garage for long periods of time and she has not shut down again so I
> haven't been able to check spark.
>
> When it did shut down, it wouldn't take long before she would start
> again then shut down. Then start, then shut down.
>
> I know my trial and error method wasn't the best approach, but without
> being able to check spark it seemed appropriate to change out components.
>
> Tell me if my analysis is correct on this. I thought it might be a
> fuel supply issue. So---I pulled the float bowl covers and all was ok
> there--also pulled and cleaned the carbs. If the float bowl jets were
> stuck in a closed position it would get no gas and eventually shut
> down---but---both would have to stick so each carb wouldn't get gas.Â
> this seems like an unlikely condition.
>
> If they were stock in the open position it would be dumping gas out of
> the overflow tubes---so, again, unlikely since it would still run. I
> have already changed fuel filter and blew out the line. The pump
> pumps normally and each time I pulled the float bowl caps, they have
> been full of gas. So--I have basically ruled out fuel starvation as a
> cause.
> in the garage she sits and purrs forever with no shutdown------so, as
> I mentioned, I can't ch spark
>
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re: "The pump pumps normally and each time I pulled the float bowl
caps, they have been full of gas."<br>
<br>
Which type/brand of pump do you have? I've seen pumps, both points
and SS, do some unexplainable things. Another thought: something in
the tank that intermittently blocks the pickup. We bought a used
tank for our BN2 and experienced erratic behavior from the engine;
my dad finally tracked it down to a pinhole leak near where the
pickup was soldered to the tank. Dad surmised the flux used to
facilitate the soldering eventually etched the hole (the tank was
otherwise in good shape).<br>
<br>
bs<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/20/2023 7:46 AM, Tom Felts via
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to check spark. </div>
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initial;">Tell me if my analysis is correct on this. I
thought it might be a fuel supply issue. So---I pulled the
float bowl covers and all was ok there--also pulled and
cleaned the carbs. If the float bowl jets were stuck in a
closed position it would get no gas and eventually shut
down---but---both would have to stick so each carb wouldn't
get gas. this seems like an unlikely condition.</div>
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initial;">If they were stock in the open position it would
be dumping gas out of the overflow tubes---so, again,
unlikely since it would still run. I have already changed
fuel filter and blew out the line. The pump pumps normally
and each time I pulled the float bowl caps, they have been
full of gas. So--I have basically ruled out fuel starvation
as a cause.  </div>
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