George,
Cheap test:
Get the engine warm, then park it in a dark garage and observe the secondary
ignition system (dist. cap and wires). Watch for stray arcing, esp. on
the dist.
cap.
bs
George Vernau Sr. wrote:
>I recently changed to a reduction gear starter on my 1967 BJ8 (a fantastic
>improvement by the way) and thereafter started
>having intermittant ignition 'cutting out' problems. My first thought was a
>short resulting from the starter change but I think
>I've eliminated that as a cause. I now have noticed that it occurs at roughly
>the same distance from the house,ie, also the same elapsed time (about 25-30
>minutes). Could something be heating up and failing? It has a Pertronics
>Electronic Ignition so no condenser but it does have a rotor. How about the
>coil- could the heat be causing the intermittant cutting out- I think I last
>changed coils in the 1970's. It's not a fuel problem, I've checked it out.
>I've owned the car since new so I'm pretty familiar with all the ways for Mr.
>Lucas to trick me but I can't figure this one out. I'd appreciate any ideas.
>
>Thanks,
> George Vernau Sr., Houston
>
>
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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