[Healeys] Ruff running, bucking car

Bob Abbott thehealeyguy at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 07:29:56 MST 2011


Michael,
I'll recheck all of the leads tomorrow. Remember that EVERYTHING is new. Do
you know of a good way to test a coil? Also, the car started bucking when
the engine got warm - the temp here is cool and the gauge never went above
180 - not hot. Its a points ignition
Bob

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Bob--
>
> You don't say if you have a solid state ignition but assuming you do not
> and Jeff has okayed the distributor I would be checking the coil as well as
> the integrity of connections to it.  Also carefully inspect the leads from
> the disty to the plugs.  Please come back and keep us apprised of your
> progress.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Bob Abbott <thehealeyguy at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I need the group'.s help with a problem that has me stumped. Car is a 100
>> -
>> completely restored. Not 100 miles on it. Everything new during the
>> restoration.
>> Starts fine, runs smoothly,  until it warms up. It then begins to miss and
>> buck. Its worse on acceleration but you don't need to be hard on the
>> throttle for it to happen. Replaced the new fuel pump with another
>> bran-new
>> one. Sent the distributor back to Jeff to have him check his
>> rebuild.Checked mixture, timing,float bowl level, etc. and all seem to be
>> spot on. I'm at a loss as to what to look for next. Any and all ideas will
>> be followed up
>> Bob
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