- 1. Help! My B still doesn't work! (score: 1)
- Author: bobj@meaddata.com (Robert Jones)
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 09:00:21 EDT
- I am at a complete loss now. I've tried everything, and my MGB is still not running right. Last night I installed a new timing chain and tensioner only to find that the car still exhibited the exact
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00038.html (9,707 bytes)
- 2. Re: Help! My B still doesn't work! (score: 1)
- Author: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 11:44:45 CDT
- My sympathies, Bob. I could have sworn that a new timing chain and gears would have pulled all the slack out of the system. O.K. Now some brainstorming in no particular order, and including stuff tha
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00041.html (7,996 bytes)
- 3. Re: Help! My B still doesn't work! (score: 1)
- Author: pacdata!dave@UCSD.EDU (Dave Ambrose)
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 14:18:36 PDT
- Your mixture is too rich when deaccellerating, you have an air leak in the exaust system, or both. Ideally, you should get a Colourtune and use it to check your mixture. The '69 engine has an air in
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00053.html (11,128 bytes)
- 4. Re: Help! My B still doesn't work! (score: 1)
- Author: sggy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett)
- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1992 09:38:09 -0400
- Standard mixture rule: (Murphy aside) Backfiring on acceleration is usually due to running lean. (carb spits) Backfiring on decelleration is usually due to running rich. (boom in exhaust becomes more
- /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00059.html (8,500 bytes)
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