[Healeys] Strange Problem

[Michael Salter]

Hi Nick,
I would bet that your impression that it is running on 3 cylinders is
correct. 
I would suggest the following:
1. Have someone push down on the throttle while you check that the
butterflies are actually opening, sometimes the clamps slip on the shafts.
2. Drive a short distance at full throttle then turn off the key, after
stopping, remove the float chamber lids and check that there is fuel in each
float chamber. 
3. Remove the carb suction chambers and then, using a piece of tube, blow
into the overflow tubes for each carb, fuel should squirt out of the jet. 
4. while the suction chamber is off see if you can pull the metering needle
out of the piston. Sometimes the locking screw comes loose.

Michael Salter
100 (1953)
AHX12 (1953)
Bugeye (1961)
http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/
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Sent: May 11, 2008 6:59 PM
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Subject: [Healeys] Strange Problem

 took out my 66BJ8 out for the first time this spring and immediately notice

something wrong, when I started the car up it rev up fine, however when I
put it 
in gear it would feel like I was running on three cylinders or one carb.
When I 
have it in neutral it revs up fine, I checked the carbs, timing and linkage
with 
no luck, any ideas out there. Could it be a transmission issue?

Thanks,
Nick Zarkades
66bj8