[Healeys] Car will not start - Bringing it back from the dead

[Mark Goodman]

I would be willing to bet that you have a rotor that is shorting out.  Take
the distributor cap off, take the wire from the coil and put the end near
the rotor.  Turn the engine over with the ignition on and see if the spark
is conducts thru the rotor.  I have been towed twice because of a shorted
rotor.   I did find a good replacement at NAPA and I have 3 tested spares in
the car at all times.

 

Mark Goodman

66 BJ8 35503