Re: Still not running well

[Dave Osborn]

Andy; We had a TD here in the area that was acting similarly a couple of years ago. After much consternation, we discovered it to be the counter weights in the base of the distributor were sticking. A bit of cleaning and lube took care of it all. Just a thought. Dave Osborn TC10217 TD6551 -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Moyce [mailto:amoyce@pol.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:59 PM To: mg-t@autox.team.net Subject: Still not running well I've let cold weather, holidays and general discouragement move the TD to the back of the garage where it gets an occasional scowl as I walk by. Readers may recall my recent odyssey into relplacing noisy tappets and pushrods, which was followed (though maybe preceeded also) by intermittent bad performance. It always starts, but will run rough, and seems to alternate between three and four cylinders firing under acceleration. Since last posting we had isolated the ignition system, with widly varying resistance among the spark plug wires. I replaced them, the rotor and the distributor cap, and reset the valves to .013 cold. Test drive was disappointing, with moments of restored greatness, but mostly hesitation and mild sputtering. Lucas Sport coil, Pertronix ignition and new plugs compete the ignition system, so it must be somewhere else. Carbs performed normally in Colortune testing. Could I have gotten a bad tank of gas (water contamination or worse?) I've got a fuel filter in the system, which is clear. I'm getting desperate enough to start trying fuel additives. Andy Moyce 52 TD /// /// mg-t@autox.team.net mailing list /// Send admin requests to majordomo@autox.team.net /// Send list postings to mg-t@autox.team.net /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent. ///