[Healeys] update on shutdown issue

[Jonathan Einhorn]

Did you try bypassing the cutoff switch in the trunk? That solved a similar
problem for me

Jon

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 10:31 PM Robert Markovich via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Might the brass floats also have pinholes, causing them to fill with fuel
> and preventing them from rising as they should? The new nitro phyll floats
> solve that issue. If not, I’d suspect the distributor (internal ground wire
> or advence weights). Might also be worth buying another Pertronix module
> and a 3-ohm coil (always smart to have a spare along anyway) and see if it
> isn’t one of those. Still, it sounds more and more like an advance problem
> if the engine won’t reverse.
>
>
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> On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 2:49 PM, Bob Spidell <
> bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> re: "The pump pumps normally and each time I pulled the float bowl caps,
> they have been full of gas."
>
> Which type/brand of pump do you have? I've seen pumps, both points and SS,
> do some unexplainable things. Another thought: something in the tank that
> intermittently blocks the pickup. We bought a used tank for our BN2 and
> experienced erratic behavior from the engine; my dad finally tracked it
> down to a pinhole leak near where the pickup was soldered to the tank. Dad
> surmised the flux used to facilitate the soldering eventually etched the
> hole (the tank was otherwise in good shape).
>
> bs
>
>
> On 9/20/2023 7:46 AM, Tom Felts via Healeys wrote:
>
> Since having the car towed home I have checked all connections in the
> ignition system, pulled the distributor base plate out and cleaned it--the
> the two pieces were very tight.  I have let her run in the garage for long
> periods of time and she has not shut down again so I haven't been able to
> check spark.
>
> When it did shut down, it wouldn't take long before she would start again
> then shut down.  Then start, then shut down.
>
> I know my trial and error method wasn't the best approach, but without
> being able to check spark it seemed appropriate to change out components.
>
> Tell me if my analysis is correct on this.  I thought it might be a fuel
> supply issue.  So---I pulled the float bowl covers and all was ok
> there--also pulled and cleaned the carbs.  If the float bowl jets were
> stuck in a closed position it would get no gas and eventually shut
> down---but---both would have to stick so each carb wouldn't get gas.  this
> seems like an unlikely condition.
>
> If they were stock in the open position it would be dumping gas out of the
> overflow tubes---so, again, unlikely since it would still run.  I have
> already changed fuel filter and blew out the line.  The pump pumps normally
> and each time I pulled the float bowl caps, they have been full of gas.
> So--I have basically ruled out fuel starvation as a cause.
>
> in the garage she sits and purrs forever with no shutdown------so, as I
> mentioned, I can't ch spark
>
>
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