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1. Re: Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 08:23:59 -0400 (EDT)
An easy test is to pull all the plugs and lay them on top of the valve cover. Crank the engine and watch them fire. Or in your case maybe not fire.Switch the wires and the plugs around. If you still
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00006.html (8,335 bytes)

2. Re: Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 14:54:11 EDT
If any body can figure this one out, please post the solution to the list. I've got a 1980 LE sitting in my drive with the same symptoms. Very weak spark to #1, (not enough to fire the timing light -
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00025.html (8,878 bytes)

3. Re: Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 15:23:57 -0400
Try a new cap? Carbon tracks in the cap? The amplifier is fairly quick to check. If the voltage on the switched coil line is going from 0 to 12V and back, it's working. It'll be less than 12 in a bal
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00028.html (8,700 bytes)

4. Re: Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: Teacher122@aol.com
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 19:24:36 -0400 (EDT)
<< an't answer your questions, but one thing crossed my mind - since you didn't mention it-- You switched the wires for the #1 cylinder, but did you try switching plugs? This happened to me once - I
/html/mgs/1997-10/msg00052.html (7,262 bytes)

5. Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: Teacher122@aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:45:16 -0400 (EDT)
My recently resurrected 1979 MGB is suffering two maladies that I believe that I have a handle on, but I would like other opinions in case my thoughts don't pan out. The car is extremely hard to star
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg02437.html (8,179 bytes)

6. Re: Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:59:22 -0400
Any chance the distributor cap is damaged? Like missing the metal tooth for cylinder #1? If you put the cap on backwards, does #1 still fail or does some other cylinder fail? (I guess it would be 4)
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg02438.html (8,309 bytes)

7. Re: Picklestein-help bring him back to health! (score: 1)
Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 01:32:12 -0400
Can't answer your questions, but one thing crossed my mind - since you didn't mention it-- You switched the wires for the #1 cylinder, but did you try switching plugs? This happened to me once - I as
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg02442.html (7,237 bytes)


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