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It's been years since I've had a cut-off switch apart, but I recall the
internals being pretty robust (a couple large contactor plates). The way
they could fail would be a build-up of corrosion, but that would likely
occur over time and would probably affect starter cranking as well.
I'd suspect the condenser--if you have a points ignition system--or fuel
delivery, new pump notwithstanding.
bs
On 8/31/2023 7:06 AM, Michael Salter via Healeys wrote:
> Yes Tom, IÂ had a similar experience with a BJ8 on a delivery journey
> to its new owner.
> We had stuffed the boot full of my tool kit, our bags and all the
> spares and paraphernalia that came with the car.
> On the second day of the the journey the car died after going over a
> small bump on the highway.
> After extracting my tool kit from the boot, in order to diagnose the
> problem, the car immediately restarted.
> We repeated this exercise a couple of times over many miles before I
> figured out the process of taking the tool kit out of where it was
> stored in the right side of the boot was preventing the small white
> with black wire, that had become disconnected from the master switch,
> from grounding out on the inside of rear shroud.
> A real head scratcher for a while!!
>
> M
>
> On Thu., Aug. 31, 2023, 9:52 a.m. Tom Felts via Healeys,
> <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> OK---2 months ago, my BJ8 decided to shut off while I was
> driving----couldn't figure out why while sitting beside the road
> so had her towed home. Long story short--in the process of
> troubleshooting I have replaced may things--the coil, VR, fuel
> pump, ignition switch. cleaned the carbs--blew out the fuel lines,
> changed fuel filter (i have removed the internal filter and added
> an external one) . I THOUGHT that after the ignition switch was
> changed that I had found the problem--she ran beautifully for over
> a month.
>
> BUT----------2 days ago while driving------she shut
> down----sputtered for a short time them off----wouldn't start.Â
> AAA Tow home again.
>
> So I had another thought-------and this focuses on the theory that
> it is electrical. My thought was that maybe the cut-off switch
> had an internal problem such that it would open the wire leading
> from it to the coil. If it did, it would shut it down. The
> system would still be grounded through the many cut off switch.Â
> So, I disconnected the wire leading to the coil ( it doesn't need
> that anyway)-----and  she has been purring ever since.  Am I
> dreaming---or is this a possible cause? Is my thinking correct?Â
> I'm running low on AAA towing passes so don't want to go out on
> the road to test it yet.
>
>
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It's been years since I've had a cut-off switch apart, but I recall
the internals being pretty robust (a couple large contactor plates).
The way they could fail would be a build-up of corrosion, but that
would likely occur over time and would probably affect starter
cranking as well. <br>
<br>
I'd suspect the condenser--if you have a points ignition system--or
fuel delivery, new pump notwithstanding.<br>
<br>
bs<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/31/2023 7:06 AM, Michael Salter
via Healeys wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Yes Tom, IÂ had a similar experience with a BJ8 on
a delivery journey to its new owner.Â
<div dir="auto">We had stuffed the boot full of my tool kit, our
bags and all the spares and paraphernalia that came with the
car.</div>
<div dir="auto">On the second day of the the journey the car
died after going over a small bump on the highway. </div>
<div dir="auto">After extracting my tool kit from the boot, in
order to diagnose the problem, the car immediately restarted. </div>
<div dir="auto">We repeated this exercise a couple of times over
many miles before I figured out the process of taking the tool
kit out of where it was stored in the right side of the boot
was preventing the small white with black wire, that had
become disconnected from the master switch, from grounding out
on the inside of rear shroud.</div>
<div dir="auto">A real head scratcher for a while!!</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">M</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu., Aug. 31, 2023, 9:52
a.m. Tom Felts via Healeys, <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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<div>OK---2 months ago, my BJ8 decided to shut off while I
was driving----couldn't figure out why while sitting
beside the road so had her towed home. Long story
short--in the process of troubleshooting I have replaced
may things--the coil, VR, fuel pump, ignition switch.
cleaned the carbs--blew out the fuel lines, changed fuel
filter (i have removed the internal filter and added an
external one) . I THOUGHT that after the ignition
switch was changed that I had found the problem--she ran
beautifully for over a month.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>BUT----------2 days ago while driving------she shut
down----sputtered for a short time them off----wouldn't
start. AAA Tow home again.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>So I had another thought-------and this focuses on
the theory that it is electrical. My thought was that
maybe the cut-off switch had an internal problem such
that it would open the wire leading from it to the
coil. If it did, it would shut it down. The system
would still be grounded through the many cut off
switch. So, I disconnected the wire leading to the coil
( it doesn't need that anyway)-----and  she has been
purring ever since.  Am I dreaming---or is this a
possible cause? Is my thinking correct? I'm running
low on AAA towing passes so don't want to go out on the
road to test it yet.  </div>
<div><br>
</div>
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