<div dir="ltr">new bad condenser. Crappy Chinese Lucas condenser... Now If I can just get the car to run for longer than 60 miles without crappng Runs amazing, right up until it quits :(</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Ira Erbs<div>Portland,OR</div><div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> _______ _______</span><br style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)</span><br style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> (_________________________)</span></div><div> BT7 engine and disk brakes</div><div><br></div><div>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Rod Shepherd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rodshepherd@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank">rodshepherd@optusnet.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Ira,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Take a good look at your ROTOR, if it has a RIVET holding the brass plate then it is probably an after-market one – these are prone to failing, they allow the high voltage to short to the cam lobe particularly once they are warm – too much carbon in the body of the rotor and the rivet is far TOO LONG. Do a very careful check of your Distributor Cap using a bright light and look for cracks or signs of tracking.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">However – check your fuel lines for a SEVERE kink or impact damage. You said you are running HD8 Carbies, if a diaphragm has even a ‘pinhole’ in it the idle will be terrible, the engine will idle on one Carby, but you won’t be able to apply throttle. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I run HD8s on my BN4M and, I have just gone through a month of trying to locate a similar problem – the actual fix was to repair my Holley Fuel Pressure Regulator, the SU carbies do not like higher than 2.8 psi.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Also float levels are critical.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">But, I discovered I had a BAD Rotor and a set of points with RED Plastic rubbing block which had deformed with heat. It is a challenge and somebody will have other ideas.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Aren’t our cars FUN!!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rod S.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>i erbs<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 29 June 2016 10:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ahealey help<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Issues continue<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>New points installed. Car ran fantastic for one day. Ran errznds, drove into the country had a great day. Went out to drive it the next day and started it . It acted like it was not firing on all cyl. Runs, then quits. No throttle response at all. Points gap was fine, with spark looking good. Fuel pump seemed to have slow output. Replaced it today. Output improved, car now starts, but idles rough. No throttle response.<br>Going to replace new capacitor tonight. Any ideas?<u></u><u></u></p><p>Mr. Ira Erbs<br>Portland,OR<br>1959 Austin Healey 100-6<br>please forgive odd words and auto corrects as my phone cannot understand my misspellings <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>