If you have a long screw drive use it like a stethoscope and touch the
metal end to the generator and the other end to your ear to listen for
bearing noises. Also, with the engine off move the fan blades forward and
back to see if you have play. The water pump bearings could be going and
effect the generator fan belt tightness. Is the generator light on on your
gauge?
Honk your horn, it actually takes a big amp load. If its weak, that's
another indicator of a flat battery.
Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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BT7 engine and disk brakes
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Advice from the experts required please:-
>
> (No just the experts. We can all have a go.
>
> So, I got this, below, from my nephew just now:-
>
> QUOTE:-
>
> Hi Uncle Simon!
> ?????. I went to work with the healey on Saturday. All went well in the
> morning but on the way back the engine stopped just after the gate... And
> it would not start: as if the battery was flat: not much happening when
> trying to start it! I spent 30 min checking the distributor, wires, etc.
> all seemed normal.
> I called the assistance. They came with a battery booster which got the
> car started immediately. After 15min of driving I found myself in a traffic
> jam. The car kept on wanting to stop. I tried keeping the revs up but it
> did not work well: the engine was making a weird noise, the car had very
> little power and the revs did not want to go high: 4500 maximum. I don't
> see what that engine problem has got to do with the battery?
> And I can't explain how the new battery can be flat!?
> The engine stopped in front of my garage. It would not start. I pushed the
> car in it. And left. I was a bit fed up with it so did not go back. I might
> do in a few days...
> Any ideas about the problem!?
> PH
>
> UNQUOTE
>
> Well, the battery may be new, but I suspect it?s used quite frequently and
> doesn?t get time to get charged.
>
> Main problem is the lack of power and other related issues. Car is a BJ8
> with a very recently fitted Pertronix EI and coil.
>
> I?m thinking coil or coil connections or timing. The car?s in a basement
> in Paris; I?m in Devon, UK which makes life tricky.
>
> Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
>
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