-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Mystery Missfire Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:47:34 +0100 From: tim dafforn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Went out in the spit last week and for the first 2 miles she seemed to be firing on 3 cylinders. Stopped by the side of the road and check things over and noticed the HT connection to the coil was green with corrosion (coil is Lucas and has done 500 miles!!) I guessed this was the problem, attempted to clean the terminal and drove on. After about another mile the 4th cylinder kicked in and I had 50 miles + of glorious driving through the hills!! So to sort the problem I replaced the coil, only trouble is I can only get 3 cylinders. I know that the carbs (twin Webbers) are fine and full of fuel. I noticed that if I pull the HT lead of number 1 spark plug the engine tone hardly changes, any of the others and the car dies. So is HT lead one toast? What do you all think? Thanks for any help Cheers tim -- Dr Tim Dafforn 2.205 Stopford Building School of Biological Sciences University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PT Tel 44 (0) 161 275 5538 Fax 44 (0) 161 275 5082 Mobile 07876624238 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
