On 6/25/07, jimmuller@rcn.com <jimmuller@rcn.com> wrote:
> Geo Hanh wrote:
> > My guess (since we're guessing) is a stuck float jet.
>
> I am struck by how diverse the answers have been. (I've never seen a float
>valve stuck closed, but then, I've never used Grosse Jets.) Each of the
>answers could offer the real solution (excapt that some have already been
>tried). Bad dizzy parts, bad coil, air leak, jumped timing chain, split
>vacuum advance diapharam (not mentioned yet), split carb diaphram? (not
>mentioned yet), blown head gasket, a radiator water stream, clogged gas tank
>vent, burned-out candle on the Lucas altar, the MG badge in your
>spare-trim-parts box, etc.
>
> You just never know until you check.
> --
> Jim Muller
I didn't get around to a compression check yet. The Lucas altar
candle did the trick. ;)
--
Kurtis
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
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