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1. Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Editorgary@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 20:26:42 EDT; Okay, here's a puzzle for Gus at the Good-Time Garage, or the Tappet Twins at I'm going to try debugging this, but toss in your suggestions as to what you think might be wrong and what to check, and; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00107.html (8,721 bytes)
2. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Austrheamgafun@arczip.com" <austrheamgafun@arczip.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 19:54:21 -0500; Hi Gary, It sounds like an electrical problem to me. You might try moving down the line toward the ignition switch. They have the potential to create problems like yours. Scott Helms at you the a 60; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00109.html (9,706 bytes)
3. RE: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Vink, Graham" <vinkg@fleishman.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 20:12:40 -0500; My votes, in no particular order, since it sounds like - to use the formal medical term - a classic case of "sudden-onset no-spark syndrome" -Points have slipped fully open or closed; or they just pl; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00110.html (7,810 bytes)
4. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Bill Lawrence" <ynotink@qwest.net>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 19:14:48 -0700; The black and white ground wire terminated near the fuse box is intriguing. I thought that wire ran from the coil to the power cut-off switch in the boot. If it is attached to the coil and to the gro; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00111.html (10,606 bytes)
5. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Scot Paulson <SPAULSON1@compuserve.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 21:23:41 -0400; Message text written by "Austrheamgafun@arczip.com" Twins at you the after a 60 before idled just coil and screwdriver block I got to wrong? < Gary, This same thing happened to me but right after I t; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00114.html (9,830 bytes)
6. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 21:28:17 -0400; You have cracked a rotor. Steve Byers HBJ8L/36666 BJ8 Registry Havelock, NC USA -- Original Message -- From: Editorgary@aol.com To: healeys@autox.team.net Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 8:26 PM Subjec; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00115.html (9,472 bytes)
7. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <international_investor@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 18:29:08 -0700 (PDT); The best way to diagnose a no spark situation is to start your diagnostic flipping back and forth between the between the ignition power source (i.e. the wire supplying power to the coil) and the sp; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00116.html (10,648 bytes)
8. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 18:40:19 -0700; Had the same problem at Mesa Verde, CO a few years ago (little farther from home ;) ... Bad rotor. What do I win???? bs ** Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Aus; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00117.html (10,344 bytes)
9. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 22:01:47 -0400; I'd bet there's no spark at the points either. Check condensor, check that points are alright, and check the small wire inside the distributor leading over to the side terminal. Rich Chrysler -- Ori; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00120.html (10,238 bytes)
10. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Awgertoo@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 22:23:48 EDT; Best--Michael Oritt (with Mallory Unilite); /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00124.html (8,473 bytes)
11. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Healeyolic <healey6@optonline.net>; Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 22:38:08 -0400; Happened to me on a freeway in Vegas - cracked rotor. In fact, this would fit in with a recent thread on the reliability of rotors. John Sims, BN6 Aberdeen, NJ; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00126.html (8,408 bytes)
12. RE: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Rizzo Steven D LtCol AETC/XPRU <Steven.Rizzo@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL>; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 06:49:47 -0500; Pretty much same scenario happened to me. I determined that somehow the wire running from the coil to the distributor had an internal break. After replacing that wire the car ran fine. Determined thi; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00132.html (10,851 bytes)
13. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Keith Pennell" <pennell@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 10:17:50 -0400; Just had to say that my BJ8 still has the rotor as when I bought it in 73 - and is even older than that! Just goes to show "they don't make them like that anymore" Keith Pennell; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00140.html (8,626 bytes)
14. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Editorgary@aol.com; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 12:00:15 EDT; << The black and white ground wire terminated near the fuse box is intriguing. I thought that wire ran from the coil to the power cut-off switch in the boot. >> The black-white wire does connect the; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00142.html (9,301 bytes)
15. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca>; Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 09:25:43 -0700; As others have suggested - 1st thing to check - bad rotor (grounded.) Seems to be happening frequently to a lot of Healey owners. The white/black wire at the distributor runs directly back to the ba; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00146.html (11,066 bytes)
16. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Editorgary@aol.com; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:05:50 EDT; << I had a battery master switch fail on me one time exactly like that. I also had a friend have the white/black wire come off the terminal in the boot of a 4-seater and get grounded by luggage or to; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00150.html (8,934 bytes)
17. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:23:25 -0500; Since it sounds like you have lost spark completely it is probably not distributor cap arcing. I am sursprised how many said bad rotor, I used to drive Lucas ignition cars for my daily drivers, about; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00156.html (9,971 bytes)
18. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 20:27:08 -0400; I haven't had a bad rotor since I switched to a Mallory Dual-Point distributor years ago. But before that, my BJ8 stopped dead on me at a stoplight about 25 miles from home, 11 pm. I had driven from; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00157.html (10,800 bytes)
19. Re: Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:28:05 -0500; A bad rotor was exactly what my car's problem was last month, and it was a new Lucas rotor! After trying everything else, I swapped it with another new Lucas rotor and it roared to life. Now I have t; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00159.html (8,494 bytes)
20. Car stopped puzzle (score: 1): Author: Marvin James <britcrs@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:33:12 -0700; My Guess: Bad Coil 2 reasons First, it happened to me. Second, no one else has used this guess. Marv James; /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00166.html (7,503 bytes)

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