Subject: Re: [WPTA] Help Needed UPDATE

From: Kevin Dadey via Wpta <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 00:45:43 +0000 (UTC)

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Hello,
There's nothing like the sound of an engine running well, right? Yesterday =
all the advice and help especially from Bruce, came together in one extreme=
ly satisfying ride around Crafton. My 1976 Spitfire is running again and it=
's running well!I don't know how the timing became so far off but Bruce tes=
ted my Fireball and distributor, gave them his blessing and gave me a lot o=
f great information which lead to a successful restart of my long dormant e=
ngine.I've got a radiator leak so no long rides yet, but there's a shop in =
neighboring Carnegie that hopefully can fix the leak or leaks. In the meant=
ime, thank you all for the good information and encouragement. I sure learn=
ed a lot but most of all I learned what a great group of knowledgeable guys=
 you are. I'm so happy to be considered a member of his impressive group.
Thank you all. I hope to meet you someday and thank you in person.
Cheers!
Kevin
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    On Monday, August 19, 2019, 12:58:53 PM EDT, Kevin Dadey <kevindadey@ya=
hoo.com> wrote: =20
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 Hello all,
I hope you=E2=80=99re having a great summer. I planned to as well and expec=
ted to be attending British Car Days and other club events but my 1976 Spit=
fire is sidelined again with what seems like ignition problems.=C2=A0
Here=E2=80=99s the situation. I have a 1976 Spitfire with a Crane XR700 ign=
ition system. The carburetor and distributor were lovingly rebuilt this win=
ter by Bruce. Thanks again Bruce. It seemed fine until earlier this summer,=
 I took it for a short drive and quickly headed back home. The engine was s=
truggling and stuttering while going up a mild incline in 3rd gear. Followi=
ng the advice of a friend with a TR6, living in South Carolina, I tested di=
sconnected each spark plug wire in sequence to figure out if there was trou=
ble inside the engine. Removing the #4 spark plug wire resulted in no chang=
e in the idle. Of course it stuttered badly upon removing #1 - #3 wires. I =
managed to drive the car to a nearby garage in Carnegie =E2=80=93 European =
Automotive Specialists. They ran a compression test and all four cylinders =
had between 140 =E2=80=93 150 pounds. The mechanic thought he isolated the =
problem with the distributor cap or wire to #4. I purchased a new cap, roto=
r and better set of Cobalt spark plug wires. This did not help. The engine =
still ran roughly and struggled under load.=C2=A0
Next, I purchased a new Lucas Sport coil from Victoria British. The ad on t=
he website said to disconnect the ballast/resistance wire so I cut and capp=
ed the pink and white wire. Now the car won=E2=80=99t start. I get a few po=
ps but nothing to work with and coax it into running. I will probably recon=
nect the pink and white wire, but then again, I don=E2=80=99t think it will=
 help. I=E2=80=99ve checked the firing order and it is correct.=C2=A0
So, I=E2=80=99m waving the white flag and asking if anyone has the time and=
 patience to help me get my car running again?By the way I live in Crafton.
Much thanks,=C2=A0Kevin.=C2=A0=C2=A0

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There's nothing like the sound of an engine running well, right? Yesterday =
all the advice and help especially from Bruce, came together in one extreme=
ly satisfying ride around Crafton. My 1976 Spitfire is running again and it=
's running well!</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I don't know h=
ow the timing became so far off but Bruce tested my Fireball and distributo=
r, gave them his blessing and gave me a lot of great information which lead=
 to a successful restart of my long dormant engine.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" d=
ata-setdir=3D"false">I've got a radiator leak so no long rides yet, but the=
re's a shop in neighboring Carnegie that hopefully can fix the leak or leak=
s. In the meantime, thank you all for the good information and encouragemen=
t. I sure learned a lot but most of all I learned what a great group of kno=
wledgeable guys you are. I'm so happy to be considered a member of his impr=
essive group.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Thank you all. I hope to meet you someday a=
nd thank you in person.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Cheers!</div><div dir=3D"ltr" dat=
a-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Kevin</=
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                    On Monday, August 19, 2019, 12:58:53 PM EDT, Kevin Dade=
y &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:
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a Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div=
><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you=E2=80=99re having a gr=
eat summer. I planned to as well and expected to be attending British Car D=
ays and other club events but my 1976 Spitfire is sidelined again with what=
 seems like ignition problems.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Here=E2=80=99=
s the situation. I have a 1976 Spitfire with a Crane XR700 ignition system.=
 The carburetor and distributor were lovingly rebuilt this winter by Bruce.=
 Thanks again Bruce. It seemed fine until earlier this summer, I took it fo=
r a short drive and quickly headed back home. The engine was struggling and=
 stuttering while going up a mild incline in 3rd gear. Following the advice=
 of a friend with a TR6, living in South Carolina, I tested disconnected ea=
ch spark plug wire in sequence to figure out if there was trouble inside th=
e engine. Removing the #4 spark plug wire resulted in no change in the idle=
. Of course it stuttered badly upon removing #1 - #3 wires. I managed to dr=
ive the car to a nearby garage in Carnegie =E2=80=93 European Automotive Sp=
ecialists. They ran a compression test and all four cylinders had between 1=
40 =E2=80=93 150 pounds. The mechanic thought he isolated the problem with =
the distributor cap or wire to #4. I purchased a new cap, rotor and better =
set of Cobalt spark plug wires. This did not help. The engine still ran rou=
ghly and struggled under load.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Next, I purch=
ased a new Lucas Sport coil from Victoria British. The ad on the website sa=
id to disconnect the ballast/resistance wire so I cut and capped the pink a=
nd white wire. Now the car won=E2=80=99t start. I get a few pops but nothin=
g to work with and coax it into running. I will probably reconnect the pink=
 and white wire, but then again, I don=E2=80=99t think it will help. I=E2=
=80=99ve checked the firing order and it is correct.&nbsp;</div><div><br></=
div><div>So, I=E2=80=99m waving the white flag and asking if anyone has the=
 time and patience to help me get my car running again?</div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">By the way I live in Crafton.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Much thanks,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ke=
vin.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></di=
v>
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