Frank,
Could it be the coil or voltage regulator?
Mike MacLean-60 sprite
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Gang
>
> Can someone please explain to me WHY my daughters A40 just refuses to
> start when it's cold?
>
> This Fall she did buy her own Mitchibitchi but already sold it because
> she learned herself that Jap cars .... oh never mind, but atleast she
> learned a lesson. Now she is back in the drivers seat of the A40, for
> any new listers it is basically a Sprite with an Italian styled body but
> made in England by BMC. 1275 engine rear wheel drive.
> It just never starts when it's cold.
> I removed the ballist resistor coil so it has a regular coil now. I
> thought this was my problem last year. Apparently not. I have replaced
> the starter since last year, the timing is where I think the trouble
> lies because if zI retard the timing it starts but it pops and sputters
> when driving because the timing is too far retaded. Once it fires up I
> have to advance it so it runs properly.
> I have replaced the dizzy, the valves are adjusted fine, the battery is
> new and the alternator shows 14+ volts on the volt gauge.
> This is driving me and my daughter nuts.
> This morning I had to jump start it with a Sprite, now the Sprite was
> sitting next to it and just as cold but it fired right up. Just for
> laughs, I fired up all 3 Sprites and no problems with any of them just
> the A40. I went thru this all last winter. I have even cut the wire to
> the radio memory and rewired the power windows thru the ignition so
> there is nothing on over night.
> The Starter just weezes out just before it kicks every time, it does
> this for 10 minutes and then the battery is dead. If I retard the dizzy,
> it starts but then I have to advance it so it runs decent. This should
> not be.
> What the heck is wrong? Too much compression maybe? It is a stock 12cc
> high compression engine with new rings and bearings, no rebore, no head
> skim.
> Carburation is a 40 DCOE Weber, never any problems with it and it has a
> cold start hooked up.
> I am open for suggestions.
> --
>
> Happy Healeydays
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too Many Sprites Again
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