Zach Dorsch wrote:
> I aplogize in advance for the cross post if any of you have already
> seen this at the MG Cars BBS.
>
> I took my B out for a drive today, its absolutely beautiful in
> central OH, only to have a new problem arise.
>
> Quick run down of the problem: when I go to accelerate the car
> misses badly, sounds like it wants to die, until about 2500-3000
> RPM and then smoothes out again. After that when I am up to speed
> no more problem. When I got home I pulled the car in the garage and
> shut it down for about 5 minutes to visually check that nothing had
> worked its way loose; ie spark plug wires, wires to coil, etc. When
> I went to restart it and had to use the choke to get it to start?
> The last time that I had a problem similar was before I replaced a
> bad distributor cap, but does a distributor cap just go bad?
>
> The car is a '73 B with emissions removed and a Pertronix kit. I
> haven't done anything recently except replace the distributor rotor
> button a few weeks ago. I am wondering if it might be a clogged
> fuel filter??
>
> Any advice will be appreciated as I am sure that it is something
> simple that I am missing.
Might be the coil going bad; will fail when ignition is under heavy
load. Bad connection to coil primary can produce the same symptoms.
Using choke to start sounds like lean mixture. Might be air leak at
intake manifold or a dashpot sticking in an upward position.
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