MG backfiring?.. perhaps it just needs a new elastic band
> Date:
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:39:49 -0500
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> From: joe-schneider@nwu.edu (Joseph Schneider)
> Subject: MGB Backfire
> Reply-to: joe-schneider@nwu.edu (Joseph Schneider)
> yes, I know, this is a Triumph list, but I'm sure someone here will be
> abvle to help
> my friend just bought a 77 MGB (he's had all sorts of LBCs over the years,
> but never a Triumph) and it backfires quite a bit unless the ckoke is out a
> fair bit- it was converted to dual SU setup by a PO (an MG dealer mechanic
> in South Carolina) years ago, that was two owners back- I suggested we just
> check the timing- I have no idea what the scale is but this motor has a
> sawtooth scale at about 10:30 o'clock facing the front of the engine (a
> fair distance to the right hand, i.e., passenger side of straight up) on
> the front of the engine, I checked and the timing was way ahead of the
> beginning of this sawtooth scale, so I adjusted the distributor so that it
> was just ahead of the first tooth of the saw- it nearly stalled at idle,
> had no acceleration, and backfiring was much worse!- so much for that idea,
> I returned to original setting, the engine ran much better and the
> backfiring was essentially gone
> any ideas?
> thanks
> Joe
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> Joseph R Schneider, MD, PhD
> Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
> 100 Burch, Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
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Regards
Ian
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