[Healeys] Running Problem

[Mike]

Sometimes you can see an arc from a crack in the distributor cap if it's 
dark enough.

Mike
BN2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Quentin Schweninger" <quenty2 at gmail.com>
To: "Jonas Payne" <jpaynepbr at cox.net>; "Healey List" 
<healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Running Problem


> Jonas, I had a similar episode.
> After driving about 50 miles with no problem I returned home and parked it
> outside. Later, that evening I went out and put the car in the garage it
> started up and ran fine.
> When I started it up the engine went absolutely nuts! backfiring blowing 
> white
> smoke, black smoke out of the carbs and the exhaust. the engine shook so 
> hard
> it was scary.
>
> I was thinking the only thing that made sense was that somehow the timing
> chain had slipped. or valve had stuck open.
> I pulled off the valve cover and every thing was fine.
>
> Checked the ignition timing-- dead on.
> The compression check was right on.
> Spark plugs were all over the place. Not suprising. However #1 & #6 were
> perfect.
>
> I went thru the distributor piece by piece everything looked fine (Its all
> new) Except
> the distributor cap. Using a eye loop I could see a hairline crack or a
> casting flaw across
> top through the section where the coil wire is attached.
> My options were running out. so I installed a new cap.
> Hit the starter button and zoom.
> Runs like a dream.
>
> Hope this helps
> Dave and Daisy
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Jonas Payne wrote:
>
> My car has intermittently been acting up.
>
>
>
> Driving along the freeway, it has repeatedly started to hesitate and
> backfire.
>
>
>
> If I slowed down or pulled over it would run fine until today, where it
> refuses to do anything but idle, any attempt to give it gas results in a
> backfire.
>
>
>
> All indications are the fuel pump.
>
>
>
> But, it certainly appears to be pumping plenty of fuel when bench tested,
> the grose jets are not stuck, floats are correctly set.  Carb. Dampers 
> move
> freely, dashpot oil is at correct level,  Timing is correct.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jonas Payne
>
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