I am having a hard time trying to get my Healey to start after a two month slumber. It cranks, there is spark, and I can smell the gas but it just doesn't want to start. My procedure is to pull the c
Smelling for gas is not good enough. If one of your float chamber jets are stuck then you will only have fuel in one carb - not enough to start the motor. Pop the tops off the carb float chambers (e
Jorge, you may have a carb sticking problem, but with Grose Jets I doubt it. It isn't clear to me from your statement whether you still have the Grose Jets installed, but if you don't you may have a
BJ8's are notorious for needing lots of choke to start from cold. Settings you can get away with in warmer weather will not be nearly enough in cold weather. I would recommend removing the upper suc
--==0208275415== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ..or if you can smell fuel it's also possible that it is flooded. Pull a spark plug or two and inspec
Dave: Your e-mail to The List came through with an attachment which, I believe, should not happen. It appears that I could open that attachment, which I have NOT done. Did you send an attachment with
Are you using fresh gas. If it is old, that could be your problem. You can also use Starting Fluid (very sparingly) after you crank it up several times to get oil pressure up. Bill BJ7 healeys@autox
The 'let the fuel pump run for about 30 seconds' and 'smelling gas' makes me think you have bad float, needle stuck open (due to crud) or too much fuel pressure problem. Does the fuel pump keep clic
Len, interestingly, I did not receive an attachment with Dave's email to the List. ???? Randy Randy Hicks '56 100M '60 BN7 MkI (For Sale) '62 BN7 MkII '65 BJ8 '53 MGTD Healey100M@gmail.com __________
Len and Randy, I got the attachment - it's a plain text document with the text that appears at the bottom of all emails: "Support Team.net ..." Strange. Looks like there's a new limit to the size of
I can attest to the fact that Grose jets DO in fact stick. When I attempted to start my car after a long layover (two years) gas poured out of the float bowls down the overflow pipes. I popped them o
--==1529459165== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-us I didn't notice any attachment when I first read the message, but after Len's
Yep, grose jets do stick closed. The old grose jets I bought 15 years ago work like a charm. The new ones I bought about 5 years ago are worthless. Had to remove them after about the 5th time breakin
May be a function of your email provider or program as it is just the text box that normally appears at the end of the emails received from the list. Perhaps Ed Kaler can shed some light as he uses t
No paperclip or other attachment to the original post that I received. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Healeys@autox.team.net http://a
Hi John, The fuel pump runs all the time (keeps on clicking) as long as I have the ignition on. The fuel pump is an inexpensive Fawcett pump without a pressure regulator. Thanks Jorge _______________
This afternoon I checked for fuel by 1-disconnecting the fuel hose and letting the fuel pump run for a few seconds. I though I was going to spill some gas when I disconnected the hose but no gas cam
I stand by my first suggestion. Did you remove the upper chambers and pistons, and pull the choke cables out fully, then look down into the carbs to observe how much the jets are actually pulling do
You should do as Rich suggests - but I might suggest beforehand to first try to manually hold up both choke levers in the full up position with your fingers on the carbs while someone cranks the car
Do you have a new rotor? Try replacing the old one. You say you had spark but to how many cylinders? I know others are suggesting fuel problems but it could be spark? Al Schultz 67BJ8 ______________