[Mg-t] So much for Tuesday.

[mgbob at juno.com]

Hi Mark,
   If there is oil in the damper and the front carb has been rebuilt, its
piston should not bounce of its own accord. Since the piston rises and drops
because of the air flow, I would check compression on cylinders 1 and 2 as a
rough check that they are sucking air equally.
Bob


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
To: MG <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Mg-t] So much for Tuesday.
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:26:12 -0600

Meant to get down to Bailey's today, never made it.  Mike won't be happy about
that.

There's a TC down there that is being a problem child.  Runs rough, sputters
and stumbles, has no power.
Monday I cleaned up the rear carb.  No real difference.  What I did notice was
when holding the throttle
open to about 2 - 2,500 rpm the piston in the rear carb was steady as a rock.
The one in the front,
which the owner rebuilt not that long ago, bounces up and down in time to the
rough running.

We'll see if I can make any progress based on that.  Cars can be such fun.

mjb.
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