Mail Archive Search: <+subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*\'73\s+MGB\,\s+STILL\s+running\s+on\s+\#2\s+only\!\?\?\s+$LONG$\s*$/>

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*\'73\s+MGB\,\s+STILL\s+running\s+on\s+\#2\s+only\!\?\?\s+$LONG$\s*$/: 10 ]

Total 10 documents matching your query.

1. '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: swanson@kira.ecs.umass.edu (Jon N Swanson); Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 22:39:35 -0400 (EDT); First of all, many thanks to everyone who responded with helpful suggestions to my last message - I'll try to provide some detailed information about what I have found since then after another weeken; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00029.html (11,425 bytes)
2. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring); Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 09:13:02 +0500; Needless to say I don't have any brilliant insights into this perplexing situation. I am still stuck on one point that dates back to the beginning: I appreciate your arguements that the car is runnin; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00030.html (8,849 bytes)
3. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: "Palmer, Lew (UCI)" <LEW@p01.uci.com>; Date: Tue, 04 Apr 95 08:26:00 PDT; I disagree that the problem is carburation. The fact that several cylinders are wet indicate that you are getting fuel to those cylinders. I have a few pretty cantankerous MGs (MGA, TD, and J2) and; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00033.html (11,472 bytes)
4. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 10:46:09 -0400 (EDT); Backfiring out the forward carb indicates a lean mixture. Needing the choke indicates either a lean mixture or too much advance. A dry plug in a cylinder which is not firing indicates a >lean< mixtur; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00036.html (13,233 bytes)
5. '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: Allen.Bachelder@vt.edu (Allen Bachelder); Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:58:26 -0400; I checked the plugs and found #1 and #2 dry, #3 and #4 wet with gas... The engine in my MGB is an 18V672Z I have SU carburetors, I think they are HS4's... My compression tests out at 110, 115, 115, 1; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00039.html (11,069 bytes)
6. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrington.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:52:05 -0400; Jon, I rebuilt the SU's on my 67 BGT that I got from the PO in not running condition. They were HS4's with the AUD135 tag. I used a kit from Lucas and put in Grose Jets. They were very easy to rebui; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00040.html (9,104 bytes)
7. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: Dirk de Boer <dirk.deboer@usask.ca>; Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 10:13:32 -0900 (PDT); If your plugs get wet there should be enough gas for it to ignite. Your problem is likely timing or the ignition system or both. The first thing to do is check whether your crank shaft is in sync wit; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00043.html (8,781 bytes)
8. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 15:57:57 -0400 (EDT); It *does* sound as if Jon's engine is massively mistimed somehow--either the spark or the valves. If that's right, spraying ether in the carbs, whether carefully or not, is a risky thing to do. You d; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00046.html (8,605 bytes)
9. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 17:27:06 +0600; Good heavens, Jon. You're certainly putting us to the test. I for one am convinced your problem is not an ignition fault, and those who are trying to convince you otherwise are shooting rubber bands; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00048.html (11,699 bytes)
10. Re: '73 MGB, STILL running on #2 only!?? (LONG) (score: 1): Author: Joanne Hershfield / Jim Fink <hershfld@email.unc.edu>; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 21:05:35 -0400 (EDT); Hi,Jon, well my first approach to carbs is taek em off, Take em apart get a big-ole-can of Chem-Tool, hold your breath, (This Stuff Stinks and stays in your olefactories for 8 hours or so), and lower; /html/mgs/1995-04/msg00077.html (9,106 bytes)

Current List: 1 - 10
Page: [1]