Hi Gary,
It sounds like an electrical problem to me. You might try moving down the
line toward the ignition switch. They have the potential to create problems
like yours.
Scott Helms
----- Original Message -----
From: <Editorgary@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: Car stopped puzzle
> Okay, here's a puzzle for Gus at the Good-Time Garage, or the Tappet Twins
at
> NPR.
> I'm going to try debugging this, but toss in your suggestions as to what
you
> think might be wrong and what to check, and when I get to the bottom of
the
> problem, I'll tell you.
> After three outings with my Healey-- the first 250 miles, the second 75
> miles, and the third that ended abruptly half a mile from home today after
a 60
> mile drive -- my car is sitting in the garage, insisting that it be fixed
before
> I take it out again.
> Hasn't been tuned up in quite awhile, but started up on first turn and
idled
> smoothly. I'm running standard points ignition.
> After all those miles of totally uneventful motoring, as I turned off the
> highway on to the main street very close to home, the car just stopped.
> After I cruised to a stop and pushed it into a convenient parking lot, i
> determined the following --- It has charge; turns over like a champ, but
just
> won't catch. It has gas; both float bowls full. All wires between the coil
and
> distributor are securely hooked up. It may not be making a spark; the
screwdriver
> in the lead, and holding the lead near the sparkplug tip produce nothing.
> Disconnecting the black/white ground wire at the terminal near the fuse
block
> didn't help (so it isn't a cut-off switch/wire problem). That's as far as
I got
> before I decided that working in my garage at my leisure was preferable to
> working in a parking lot with only emergency tools.
> Question one: what would you check and in what order?
> Question two: As a W.A.G., what do you think is going to turn out to be
wrong?
> Cheers
> Gary
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