Frank,
My 0.02 Euros worth!
Re-check cold start operation on Weber.
Check ground strap from Engine/Tranny to Chassis Legs
Check Plugs.
Check/Replace Dizzy Cap/Rotor and everything else in dizzy.
Cheers,
Ron in Ireland
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At 20:12 18/12/00 -0500, 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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