I have a 1980 MGB in the shop with the original OPUS electronic ignition.
When the car is warm and it gets on an incline, it suddenly quits - no
coughing, sputtering, anything. It then fires up after a couple minutes and
goes along fine.
I'm convinced it is an ignition problem, but clearly not the coil, wires or
plugs.
Car is in very good shape with no obvious loose wires, grounds, etc.
The dist. is effectively 2 black boxes, so I'm at a loss as to how to
diagnose it.
I can put in a 45D dist, new points, condenser and coil for less than $150,
and put it back to 1972 spec, which is probably less than the time it will
take to try and diagnose the other unit and at least at that point, I have a
system that somebody of reasonable intelligence can sort out.
If anybody has any experience with these things, your comments would be
greatly appreciated.
Jonas Payne
PBR Consulting Services, LLC
702.882.6711
** triumphs@autox.team.net **
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
|