[Healeys] Idle dies

[Alan Seigrist]

It still could be a lack of fuel, have you taken the tops off the float
chambers when it dies?

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 10:14 AM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> new development
> car looses all power, bucks, backfires, catches and drive ok for a bit,
> then big backfires and bucking, then it dies. almost like a loss of power.
> it could be an intermittent power loss. Distributor cap looks like .
> explosions. NOS cap, rotor, points and condenser . Distributor was removed
> cleaned and re greased.
>
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
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>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
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>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ira - with HD8s you can get leaking at the slow idle screw, which will
>> cause you to lose idle when the car gets hot.  Try putting a couple drops
>> of oil around the threads of the slow idle screw and see if that stops the
>> problem.  If so, you have to take the slow idle screw out and replace and
>> oil the O ring.
>>
>> Also, the Teflon bushes can come out a bit if installed incorrectly,
>> something else to check.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Wednesday, 8 June 2016, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Good point, I have HD8s, but the concept should be the same
>>>
>>> Mr. Ira Erbs
>>> Portland,OR
>>> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>>> please forgive odd words and auto corrects as   my phone cannot
>>> understand my misspellings
>>> On Jun 7,
>>>
>>
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