Anybody know if the standard smiths tach will take a MSD tach signal? Thanks
Toby
Frank,
Try an MSD ignition box and coil, if you problem is spark related... it will
cure it. Three BIG sparks in the same place and time as one, MSD also has a
15 degree spark retard at startup that may also help. It will even work with
the point-less distributor adapters... in case you have one.
-Drew
Frank Clarici wrote:
> 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.
> --
>
> Happy Healeydays
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too Many Sprites Again
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