[Healeys] Timing Problem?

[Austin Healey]

Check the springsand the advance in the distributor. It can cause such
problems. Also check for possible shorting points there (when the advance
moves on, a badly insulated point can short.

Gergo


2012/6/4 Jonas Payne <JPayne at thorcon.net>

> Over the past couple weeks, I have been having an issue with what I
> believe to
> be the timing on my AH3000.
>
> When cool, the car runs just fine.  However when hot, the car will not rev
> over 4000 rpm and begins missing.  At 4500 rpm it misses very badly and
> backfires occasionally.
>
> I pulled the #1 and #5 plugs, and there is no indication that the car is
> running lean.  However I have not verified fuel flow from the pump while
> very
> hot.
>
> In my experience if the car is running lean, it also runs hot, and this
> particular car never got above 210 degrees even in traffic last weekend
> with
> temperatures on the road of 130+ (it was 108 in the shade here on Saturday
> for
> a 140 mile run).
>
> I'll test resistance in the coil both hot and cold this evening, I'm
> wondering
> if the advance is "sticking" in the dist. Due somehow to heat?
>
>
> Jonas Payne
> PBR
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