<div dir="auto"><div>Humm, lots of possibilities there (e.g. fuel gone bad, rodent damage to wires, something amiss in the engine build, etc). </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It sounds like it starts and runs, so that's good. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You might walk through the workshop steps for engine timing and carb setup, just to ensure the basics are correct. It's tedious but likely to reveal something.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">________________<br>Sent from my phone <br>Best Regards,<br>Al Fuller</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 12:26 AM <a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com">warthodson@aol.com</a> <<a href="mailto:warthodson@aol.com">warthodson@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">The car has sat dormant for many years. It has not been driven for many years & is in rough condition. It has had the engine rebuilt, but I do not have any info about what was done. </div><div dir="ltr">Gary</div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 06:22:07 PM CDT, Al Fuller <<a href="mailto:alfuller194@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">alfuller194@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_6556844105895746384ydp7fffbbe5yiv2496041686"><div><div><div>Gary, I'd echo what Harold asked: What was changed before the car started acting up? Or, did it appear to start backfiring spontaneously?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Often the issue is "maintenance induced".</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>________________<br clear="none">Sent from my phone <br clear="none">Best Regards,<br clear="none">Al Fuller</div></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 6:57 AM Harold Manifold <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">manifold@telus.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">At what throttle position does the backfiring occur? One possible cause is the timing is too far advanced. Are you able to check the timing at the point of backfire? Has any work to the valve train been done prior to the backfiring? I would suggest resetting all of the valve clearances.<div>Harold</div></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM warthodson--- via Healeys <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Sans sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">A club member's BJ8 is backfiring thru the carbs, HD8's. We have adjusted the timing & enrichened the carbs. I plan to revisit both of those settings. What else might be causing this?</div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Gary H. </div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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