[Healeys] Ruff running, bucking car

I Erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 11:56:50 MST 2011


missed a cog on the timing gear? do not have dizzy in at TDC when
re-installing?
water in gas? loose ground strap, intermittent contact with metal
expansion?  curse of Joseph Lucas?

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Robert Blair <rnbmail at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bob, Interesting one .... key seems to be cold vs hot issues meaning
> something
> is wrong when the material temp rises....probably not wiring, and since you
> have done fuel pump, timing, floats.....
>
> I would be looking at:
>
> 1. Air leak in inlet manifolks/gaskets
> 2. One carb dash has no oil
> 3. Coil - just try another one - leakage tough to trace.
> 4. Condenser in distributor - just replace it - ditto.
> 5. Replace the rotor - lots of bad China stuff - hair line cracks.
> 6. Bad gasoline?
>
> Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  RNBmail at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 11/20/11, Bob Abbott <thehealeyguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Bob Abbott <thehealeyguy at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Healeys] Ruff running, bucking car
> > To: healeys at autox.team.net
> > Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011, 3:26 AM
> > 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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Ira Erbs
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