[Healeys] Sprite Fuel snafu

[Richard Ewald]

I'm in the car business (former tech, now a service manager)  many a time
guys would go for a test drive on a car that was acting up and when it acted
up one tech would look at the other and say "It feels like fuel"  or "It
feel like ignition"
My response was always
"So just what does fuel feel like?"
If you dropped one cylinder and then a second, it is not pump or supply.  It
might be one carb that is bad, but that is not where I would look first.
Fuel
Air
Spark.
In the right place
At the right time
In the right amount.

One of the first three has an issue with one of the second three.
If I had to guess where to start looking I would start with spark.  Are the
points opening and closing?  Is the point gap right?  Is there a spark when
they open?  Does the coil make a big ass spark when the points open?  Put
the cap back on and make sure the spark gets to the plugs? (bad rotor?)
Check the timing.
Only then would I start looking at fuel.
Rick

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:30 PM, kaynmike.bham at juno.com <
kaynmike.bham at juno.com> wrote:

> Hmmmmm. You are right-- why DO I think fuel? (Honestly I know little about
> this-- hit me with your best shot!
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald at gmail.com>
> To: "kaynmike.bham at juno.com" <kaynmike.bham at juno.com>
> Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Sprite Fuel snafu
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:06:58 -0700
>
> What makes you think is is fuel related?
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:47 PM, kaynmike.bham at juno.com <
> kaynmike.bham at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> The fuel delivery problem is back, though with a twist. Son's '59 AN5. Car
>> starts right up. Drive it away and around town . (So it warms up some.) At
>> idle at a stop light starts to miss, then one cylinder is definately "off"
>> ,
>> then another and then an ignomenious tow home- by the WIFE! Not GOOD! Any
>> ideas? TIA
>> Mike Gougeon '56 BN2
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