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1. [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: mark.jones@exxonmobil.com; Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:11:51 -0400; This started a couple weekends ago when I was out of a cruise. My Spitfire 1500, with twin HS4s, was working fine until I stopped for lunch and went to start it again. Car started running like it was; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00051.html (7,341 bytes)
2. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: "Clark W. Nicholls" <clarkfot@cwnicholls.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:55:44 -0400; Check the spark plug for #3, and the distributor cap. If your test produced a spark on the other 3 cylinders, something is wrong in the #3 circuit. Could be the plug lost its electrode. Try replacing; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00052.html (7,038 bytes)
3. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: "Clark W. Nicholls" <clarkfot@cwnicholls.net>; Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:07:54 -0400; Are you sure there's no spark only on that cylinder? Check the points gap too. Try it on different dist cam lobes, see if it changes. If the distributor is worn and the shaft wobbles it could be wors; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00053.html (7,152 bytes)
4. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: mark.jones@exxonmobil.com; Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:37:37 -0400; Originally there was no spark at #3. I put a new set of plugwires on and now there is spark. I think I lead you astray, when I said there was no change, I meant in terms of how the engine was acting.; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00054.html (8,269 bytes)
5. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: "Clark W. Nicholls" <clarkfot@cwnicholls.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:57:39 -0400; How long has the Crane system been in? Has it run fine for some time with that or is it a new installation? Does the car run fine for some distance (10-20 miles perhaps) and then start to die? If so; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00055.html (6,999 bytes)
6. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: mark.jones@exxonmobil.com; Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:24:57 -0400; The Crane ignition system has been installed since the end of June, replaced a Pertronix unit, which replaced the original Opus system several years ago. There was several hundred miles on the Crane; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00056.html (9,046 bytes)
7. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: mark.jones@exxonmobil.com; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:09:15 -0400; Doesn't sound like ignition to me either. Twin HS4s for carburettors. I adjusted the mixture a couple weeks before the problem, probably have a couple hundred miles on them since adjusting the mixtur; /html/spitfires/2007-08/msg00057.html (8,550 bytes)
8. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 17:02:17 -0700 (PDT); Has anyone ever re-bushed a Spit distributor to fix sloppy timing? Can new bushings be gotten? Doug Braun '72 Spit -- "Clark W. Nicholls" <clarkfot@cwnicholls.net> wrote: ____________________________; /html/spitfires/2007-09/msg00000.html (6,217 bytes)
9. [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: Jim Baustian <jbaustian@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 13:22:04 -0500; There is an answer to worn distributor bushings as well as correction of all distributor problems. I have used them for a Delco Remy distributor in our GT6 and the Lucas distributor in our MGB. Exper; /html/spitfires/2007-09/msg00001.html (6,363 bytes)
10. Re: [Spits] Weird engine idle (score: 1): Author: mark.jones@exxonmobil.com; Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 07:58:22 -0400; Found the problem. Two years ago I had the HS4s rebuilt, including teflon bushings on the throttle valve. While looking over the car Friday I found one of the teflon bushing has completely out place,; /html/spitfires/2007-09/msg00002.html (9,266 bytes)

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