Re: Digest Number 536

[Sally Carroll]

To all helpful members and notations to the rest, too: We have 11 gallons of gas . The coil is a sport coil, its fine The points were checked for insulation and mounting and spacer and gapped, again. The distributor cap ----all three are good. Did find the one on the car had a very soft spring behind the Coil contact point and it was a bit sticky, too.(New Moss part) I remanufactured it so it won't stick. The condensor has been replaced the third time Considering everything we decided to replace the rotor (new 6 weeks 100 miles ago). The TF started just fine. After the start-up was finally achieved we were running on three cylinders, again. Decided to check the condition of the plugs. We had cleaned and gapped them only Yesterday. After a short spin the plugs were pulled and examined-----three showed evidence of rich running and one was totally clean and dry?????? The installed plugs were Autolite and We had a set of AC's in the travelling tool box. Replaced the 'clean' one and we now have 4 cylinders of lovely contented MG noises. Tomorrow we will investigate the rich running, . . . Sally Carroll and Marty, too(My younger son) Who says perseverance doesn't run in families. . . And of course telephone and internet consultants, doesn't hurt either. . . Thanx

[Ray McCrary]

You have a carb balance/mixture problem. Go with colortune and balance gauge. Best, Ray McCrary "Speed is Life; of course Luck and Altitude are helpful, too."

[tonygoodall]

Sally If only one cylinder is 'clean' it could be a valve problem, have a look at the rockers to see if they are all opening properly, especially inlets, on the other hand, I know you have gone over this, but timing? is the fuel in the clean cylinder getting the spark at the right time to ignite? I don't think the rich running is going to give you all the problems you are encountering, not at start-up anyway. Good luck Tony TC9825

> From: "Ray McCrary" spook01@home.com> > Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:21:01 -0500 > To: "Sally Carroll" jim.n.sally.carroll@worldnet.att.net>, > mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 536 > > You have a carb balance/mixture problem. > Go with colortune and balance gauge. > Best, > Ray McCrary > "Speed is Life; > of course Luck and Altitude > are helpful, too." > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >