Hello Bill,
Broken wires? Cracked or dirty distributor cap?
Regards, David Lodge
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From: "Bill Snyder" <wtsnyder@bellsouth.net>
To: "MG T List" <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Subject: Startup Problems
Date: 16.11.2005 - 19:19:18
> I have the day off today and finally I am trying to get
> this '53 TD
> started. I have good oil pressure when turning the
> engine over without
> the ignition on (after priming the oil pump). I have
> tried to set static
> ignition timing using a Colortune. With #1 cylinder at
> TDC and the
> ignition on, I slowing turn the distributor
> counterclockwise. I can hear
> a spark when the rotor hits the high tension lead but
> cannot see a spark
> from the Colortune. I have also tried a spark plug
> attached to the lead,
> out of the cylinder and making ground contact. Again, I
> can hear a spark
> when the rotor makes contact, but no spark from the
> plug. When doing
> this same thing but turning over the engine with the
> ignition on, the
> plug appears to spark properly as do the other plugs
> using the same
> method. The engine, however, will not fire with all
> plugs in place and
> the starter switch engaged and ignition on.
>
> Any advice? I am wondering if my coil output is not
> adequate to supply a
> strong enough spark for me to see the spark with the
> Colortune or when
> advancing the timing using a plug for visualization.
> Could the
> white/black and black wires to the coil be reversed?
> Could I just not be
> getting adequate fuel to the ignition chambers? Float
> bowls are full and
> the aftermarket fuel pump is pumping. The coil high
> tension wire has
> been rigging by the PO. The coil does not have a screw
> in type
> connection and the lead has just been shoved into the
> coil.
>
> Any and all input appreciated. I am ready to hear this
> engine go!
>
> Bill Snyder
> Waynesville, NC
> '53 TD
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