I've had exactly those symptoms after a carb needle dropped into a jet.
The symptoms can be intermittent as the needle will sometimes stick in the
piston, sometimes in the jet.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Subject: Curses! Coiled Again!
> G'day
>
> With a builder in and about our home for what seems forever the BN3 has
> been enjoying a holiday in the garage of a neighbour. So in the last 12
> months we have done a grand total of 97 miles together. Hang my head
> with shame.
>
> Yesterday I set forth for a 120mile round trip journey and a fun time
> was not had by all. I have my suspicions of what went wrong but I
> thought I would ask for further opinions.
>
> As usual we blasted off down the hill in full song (we live in a very
> hilly area). We got down the bottom and not long after the engine
> reached normal operating temperature it lost all power. It would still
> run but putting my right foot down only produced the sound of a
> flatulent cow. Stop by the roadside, did a little fettling and away I go
> on all 6. A few minutes again the same returneth. The lack of power was
> right through the rev range and not just under load.
>
> So this went on for a time when I thought that discretion is the better
> part of valour and I turned around and went home. It fart-arsed around
> for a time but at least got me to the bottom of the hills (we call them
> mountains) and then it was a mixture of slarty fart blast going up with
> the occasional blast of full power.
>
> Got home, put the car away and allowed it to sit there considering its
> atrocious behaviour. I went out and continued on with my post builder
> reconstruction.
>
> Methinks it's probably the coil that's breaking down with the stress of
> behaving itself for so long. You would think that a coil should last
> longer then 24 years, wouldn't you. Never buy that German rubbish again.
>
> Your collective thoughts please?
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
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