On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, at around 15:30:05 local time, tim dafforn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >-------- 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.
Tim, What do your plugs look like? When I had this problem, it turned out that I'd lost a scraper ring and oil would build up on the plug enough to stop the spark from time to time. After a period of driving it would frequently clear itself. Please tell me that all your plugs look perfect! ATB -- Mike Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FM105671 /// [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.
