PS. On my 73 roadster (stock ignition, unballasted coil) the ignition
warning light comes on at full brightness as soon as I turn off the ignition
and the white circuit drops to about 0.5v while the engine is still spinning
and 0v when it stops.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: Speedo79@aol.com <Speedo79@aol.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 07 June 1999 20:33
Subject: 1977 MGB-Running on
>Greetings,
>
>I am having a problem with my 1977 MGB retrofitted with Dual SU HIF-4's.
>About a month ago, I gave my car a good tune up: new NGK plugs, wires, cap
>and rotor, the carburetors where running a little rich, so I leaned them
out
>just a little bit. The car runs beautifully, 23+ MPG, but with the coming
of
>hot weather the car has started to run on very badly. I am running 87
octane
>right now (due to price) but the gas here in Bakersfield, CA is of fairly
>good quality, and the car has not been overheating.
>
>
>When I turn off the key, the ignition light glows very faintly (as opposed
to
>glowing very brightly as it did before) and the car continues to run...I
>don't mean dieseling, I mean a slight miss, as if I could still drive it
>around the block. If I rev the engine, the car misses but revs easily
>(sometimes the engine will stall while I am revving, and then the engine
will
>diesel very badly) ...I have to let the clutch out with the tranny in gear
in
>order to stop the engine, and only then does the ignition light glow
>brightly.
>
>Please help me! I don't know what to do, and I can't have my car in the
shop
>this week.
>
>Thank you for all suggestions,
>Steven Sanchez
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