Gang
Can someone please explain to me WHY my daughters A40 just refuses to
start when it's cold?
This Fall she did buy her own Mitchibitchi but already sold it because
she learned herself that Jap cars .... oh never mind, but atleast she
learned a lesson. Now she is back in the drivers seat of the A40, for
any new listers it is basically a Sprite with an Italian styled body but
made in England by BMC. 1275 engine rear wheel drive.
It just never starts when it's cold.
I removed the ballist resistor coil so it has a regular coil now. I
thought this was my problem last year. Apparently not. I have replaced
the starter since last year, the timing is where I think the trouble
lies because if zI retard the timing it starts but it pops and sputters
when driving because the timing is too far retaded. Once it fires up I
have to advance it so it runs properly.
I have replaced the dizzy, the valves are adjusted fine, the battery is
new and the alternator shows 14+ volts on the volt gauge.
This is driving me and my daughter nuts.
This morning I had to jump start it with a Sprite, now the Sprite was
sitting next to it and just as cold but it fired right up. Just for
laughs, I fired up all 3 Sprites and no problems with any of them just
the A40. I went thru this all last winter. I have even cut the wire to
the radio memory and rewired the power windows thru the ignition so
there is nothing on over night.
The Starter just weezes out just before it kicks every time, it does
this for 10 minutes and then the battery is dead. If I retard the dizzy,
it starts but then I have to advance it so it runs decent. This should
not be.
What the heck is wrong? Too much compression maybe? It is a stock 12cc
high compression engine with new rings and bearings, no rebore, no head
skim.
Carburation is a 40 DCOE Weber, never any problems with it and it has a
cold start hooked up.
I am open for suggestions.
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Happy Healeydays
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Too Many Sprites Again
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