[Healeys] Ruff running, bucking car

dwflagg at juno.com dwflagg at juno.com
Sun Nov 20 08:53:22 MST 2011


Hey Bob,

Actually, not stupid at all and an excellent observation. Had the same
problem myself for that very reason. 

Doug

> Bob
> I know this is just short of stupid, but --oil in the carburetor 
> dashpots?
> Wrong type of coil is most likely however.
> Just a thought...
> Sven
> Sweden
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> Fvr Bob Abbott
> Skickat: den 20 november 2011 15:30
> Till: Michael Oritt
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> Dmne: Re: [Healeys] Ruff running, bucking car
> 
> 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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