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A month ago, I wrote regarding my BJ8 which just suddenly quit. Hagerty
brought it home. Diagnosis:
It takes fuel, air, and spark to combust.
Lots of fuel
Spark
Pretty sure there is air.
Checked all the voltages, all per spec.
Changed condenser, no improvement.
Rotor and points are new.
Someone suggested the cutoff switch in the boot might be bad. Checked
the wire, and it wasn't even connected. Disconnected this wire at the
coil and using my trusty ohmmeter, both ends went to ground. Aha!Â
Intermittent ground! Fired it up; a little reluctant but it started up
and seemed to run ok. Drove around the block a few times, came home and
patted myself on the back. Next day took it out for a little longer run
(2 miles) and it began to whimper badly 1/2 mile from home. Nursed it home.
Thought about it (a lot) including the fact that it has always been very
hard to start when cold, and even then runs poorly for a few seconds
before it catches. Decided that maybe even though there was spark,
maybe it wasn't strong enough. Bought a new coil.
After installation, if fired up much easier, and runs great. Have been
taking it on increasingly longer test runs and it seems fine. I hate to
say it is cured, but seems to be.
Thanks to all who replied with helpful hints.
Mike
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<p><font face="Tahoma">A month ago, I wrote regarding my BJ8 which
just suddenly quit. Hagerty brought it home. Diagnosis:</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">It takes fuel, air, and spark to combust.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Lots of fuel</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Spark</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Pretty sure there is air.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Checked all the voltages, all per spec.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Changed condenser, no improvement.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Rotor and points are new.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Someone suggested the cutoff switch in the
boot might be bad. Checked the wire, and it wasn't even
connected. Disconnected this wire at the coil and using my
trusty ohmmeter, both ends went to ground. Aha! Intermittent
ground! Fired it up; a little reluctant but it started up and
seemed to run ok. Drove around the block a few times, came home
and patted myself on the back. Next day took it out for a
little longer run (2 miles) and it began to whimper badly 1/2
mile from home. Nursed it home.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Thought about it (a lot) including the fact
that it has always been very hard to start when cold, and even
then runs poorly for a few seconds before it catches. Decided
that maybe even though there was spark, maybe it wasn't strong
enough. Bought a new coil.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">After installation, if fired up much easier,
and runs great. Have been taking it on increasingly longer test
runs and it seems fine. I hate to say it is cured, but seems to
be.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Thanks to all who replied with helpful
hints.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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