[Healeys] Fwd: ] Odd misfire problem Cooper S

[Richard Ewald]

Don't forget if the problem is not ignition primary related a Pertonix
Won't fix it.
Rick
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> On Oct 17, 2014, at 13:21, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote:
>
> 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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