Last October at a MCCDC Noggin, John McClelland told the story of his +4
with almost the identical symptoms. It turned out that the distributor
shaft was not true. The car would idle fine, but after about a mile at
driving speeds oil would travel up the shaft and soak the points. After
being stopped for a few minutes the oil would drain back and the car
would start only to repeat the process when driven. Bizarre as it may
sound, John's emergency fix was to fashion a shim from a cut in half
razor blade and using a jewelers hammer to tap in into place. The
upward flow of oil stopped and problem solved. However, John did not say
for how long. Ed Zelinski commented that he had a similar experience
and found that a cut up beer can also works well in this application.
I know this sounds strange and we were drinking at the time, but after
all they are Morgans!
Good luck with your fix.
Tom Warden
1965 4/4 (B1063)
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