- 1. Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: Malcolm Jeffcock <mjeffcock@tru.eastlink.ca>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:11:19 -0300
- A couple of weeks ago I posed a question about my MG's symptoms...coughing los of power etc. at about 3000 rpm. Well I replaced coil, condesor, points all based on the old adage that 90% of "carb tr
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00363.html (7,299 bytes)
- 2. RE: Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:47:48 -0400
- You have to recenter the jet. There are methods is most repair manuals. Basically, you raise the jet until it is level with the bottom of the carb, loosen the jet retaining nut and push the piston d
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00367.html (7,915 bytes)
- 3. RE: Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:37:56 -0500
- Do as Pete suggests and try centering the jet. But before you go to that trouble, be sure you haven't reversed the dashpots between the two carbs. These are usually hand selected at the factory for
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00369.html (8,342 bytes)
- 4. Re: Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:40:47 -0500
- When I had a similar problem on the Cooper S, it was carb icing, causing the dashpot to stick in the up position. I added an electrical heating strip onto the dashpot and the problem went away foreve
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00370.html (8,096 bytes)
- 5. Re: Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:15:29 +0100
- If it only sticks some of the time it is probably the piston binding on the dashpot rather than the jet needing centring. If so it can be carbon deposits on piston or in the cover, carb cleaner shoul
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00374.html (7,531 bytes)
- 6. Re: Coil? (score: 1)
- Author: Farlane Macfarlane <n5bgy@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:54:34 -0700 (PDT)
- Amen. I had a really strange malfunction with one of the SU's on my '67 MGB. While cruising at a fixed throttle opening, it would start to lose power, then sputter, drop a cylinder or two, then (some
- /html/mgs/2004-08/msg00385.html (7,923 bytes)
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