[Healeys] Fwd: ] Odd misfire problem Cooper S

[Michael MacLean]

Put a Pertronix module in it and be done with it.  The shaft can wobble all it wants with the Pertronix and it will keep the timing spot on.
Mike MacLean
56 BN2
60 AN5



On Friday, October 17, 2014 12:03 PM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald at gmail.com> wrote:
 

>
>
>The spark in that video is awfully healthy.  I'm having a hard time
>envisioning that with a spark that healthy that the plug is NOT firing at
>all and is wet.
>I would spray around the intake with carb spray to eliminate an intake leak
>and then I think I'd pull the valve cover and use a dial indicator to
>measure cam lift on both intake and exhaust.
>Tis truly a baffling issue.
>If all else fails, you might try beating on the distributor with a rubber
>chicken, dancing around the car counter clockwise chanting "Oh dark lord
>Lucas protect you lowly minion as I toil away on this car.
>Hey at this point it can't hurt.
>Rick
>
>On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 7:06 AM, David Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I think Skip may be on to something here.. measure the wear on the
>> distributor cam lobes for sameness of each or some reason for the points
>> plate to shift under different centrifugal or vacuum conditions.. gotta
>> be a Lucas issue;-)You've tried everything else.. hook up your timing
>> light and drive around with it and watch the firing...
>> dave
>>
>>
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