I solved the problem. The spark plug wires were in need of repair,
the carburetor float bowls were filled with rust, the fuel filter was
too, and the sparkplugs were fouled BUT, those problems were not the
cause of the engine not running. I commented to a friend that it
sounded like the timing was off. His response was, "is the
distributor loose?"
Well, it was. Evidently, when I was working on the wiring, I must
have leaned against the vacuum thingy that sticks out from the
distributor thus rotating it and changing the timing. Once I figured
this out and rotated the distributor back, it ran fine. Now even
better since I've addressed all the other problems I didn't even know
I had.
Mike http://pages.prodigy.net/mikeross
'63 Spitfire
'66 Spitfire
'68 Spitfire (donor body tub for GT6 convertible)
'69 GT6+ (donor chassis for GT6 convertible)
'70 GT6+
> At 03:11 PM 9/2/01 , you wrote:
> >I have a question for those real mechanics on the list. My GT6 ran
> >great a couple of days ago. Then I installed new horns and tracked
> >down a short in a turn signal wire. I had to pull the dash and
> >instruments out to track it down. The only other thing I did was
add
> >a quart of oil.
> >
> >Today I tried to start the car and the battery was too low to turn
> >over. I jumped it and it turned over but didn't want to start.
> >Finally I held the gas pedal all the way down and it started. But,
it
> >ran really rough, almost like it was too rich. After running at
about
> >2500 rpm for a minute I let off the gas and it wouldn't idle...it
just
> >died. Tried again and it only started with pedal all the way down.
> >As it was revving it began to misfire and backfire.
> >
> >What gives? Sounds like it's too rich when I start up. Then it
> >sounds like the carbs aren't tuned or there is a vacuum leak. I
can't
> >figure out how this could be since I didn't mess with anything
other
> >than the wiring to the horn and turn signals.
> >
> >
> >Mike http://pages.prodigy.net/mikeross
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