[Fot] Missfire

[Duncan Charlton]

Have you confirmed that the plugs aren't firing?  If not, remove them, clip on
the plug wires, and lay them on the engine so they'll be grounded and then
watch for sparks jumping the gaps on all four while the engine is cranked
over.

Duncan
1952 Morgan #6 Red
CVAR

On Jul 21, 2012, at 6:33 PM, robertten1 at aol.com wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: robertten1 <robertten1 at aol.com>
> To: blang <blang at mit.edu>; lang <lang at isis.mit.edu>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 21, 2012 6:06 pm
> Subject: Missfire
>
>
> Bob,
>
> Hope all is well.  Have a problem with the race Spit -  Only running on 2
> cylinders # 2 & 3 ??  Tried switching the plug wires around and the firing
> order with no success.  Tried swapping out the Pertronics system with the
> Mallory Set Up with no difference.  Even swapped the plugs around with no
> difference.
>
> Any idea where to look next ?  I plan to do  compression and leak down
tests
> next.
>
>
> Fresh rebuild,
> Bob T
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