P.S. I know others have had rotor problems, just my personal experience
comments.
Dark horses guesses on the mystery, ignition switch and the little graphite
contact in the distributor cap.
Thanks for the puzzle Gary, having broken my (clutch) ankle last week my
Healey adventures will be experienced vicariously through the list--keep me
entertained (I know you will). I could stir things up by suggesting I am
contemplating and autobox conversion to the BN1 so I can drive with my bum
ankle, but I am not quit ornery enough to go there!
Happy Healying
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: <Editorgary@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: Car stopped puzzle
> Okay, here's a puzzle for Gus at the Good-Time Garage, or the Tappet Twins
at
> NPR.
> I'm going to try debugging this, but toss in your suggestions as to what
you
> think might be wrong and what to check, and when I get to the bottom of
the
> problem, I'll tell you.
> After three outings with my Healey-- the first 250 miles, the second 75
> miles, and the third that ended abruptly half a mile from home today after
a 60
> mile drive -- my car is sitting in the garage, insisting that it be fixed
before
> I take it out again.
> Hasn't been tuned up in quite awhile, but started up on first turn and
idled
> smoothly. I'm running standard points ignition.
> After all those miles of totally uneventful motoring, as I turned off the
> highway on to the main street very close to home, the car just stopped.
> After I cruised to a stop and pushed it into a convenient parking lot, i
> determined the following --- It has charge; turns over like a champ, but
just
> won't catch. It has gas; both float bowls full. All wires between the coil
and
> distributor are securely hooked up. It may not be making a spark; the
screwdriver
> in the lead, and holding the lead near the sparkplug tip produce nothing.
> Disconnecting the black/white ground wire at the terminal near the fuse
block
> didn't help (so it isn't a cut-off switch/wire problem). That's as far as
I got
> before I decided that working in my garage at my leisure was preferable to
> working in a parking lot with only emergency tools.
> Question one: what would you check and in what order?
> Question two: As a W.A.G., what do you think is going to turn out to be
wrong?
> Cheers
> Gary
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