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1. Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:42:33 -0400; My '78 B has an engine rebuilt to have dual carbs, high performance engine, etc... (iow, it's not stock). I use it as a daily driver, and yet I occasionally get this intermittent power loss.... I can; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00772.html (8,599 bytes)
2. re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Robots <mlennan@crankyrobots.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:34:57 -0600; Check the ignition to all plugs. Sounds like it's dropping down to 3 cylinders...check rotor, distributor, plug wires and plugs. If you can, pull over when the befuddlement starts and pull plug wires; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00778.html (7,741 bytes)
3. re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:53:41 -0400; I can think of two things to check. 1. What type of distributor are you using? There is a small wire inside the points type distributor that can break after years of flexing. Often it looks OK extern; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00779.html (10,928 bytes)
4. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:47:36 +0100; Is the tach dropping too? If so it is the ignition LT feed through the coil and distributor. If you can rig up a timing light where you can see it while driving watch for any irregularity in flashing; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00784.html (9,212 bytes)
5. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: "Chris" <slimyrat@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:23:00 +0200; for get gas then to Has this car ever stood for any length of time, my father used to tell us about his first car doing the same thing, turns out that the car had stood under a tree unused for a few; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00790.html (8,845 bytes)
6. re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 08:39:24 -0400; Well, that was a couple of ideas that I hadn't expected... First, the car has electronic ignition, so we can forget about the distributor angle. As for the coil, well, I'm not sure how quickly it tak; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00792.html (8,899 bytes)
7. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:13:38 +0100; Even with electronic ignition it is still the distributor that initiates and distributes the result. By tach dropping I mean flickering about or dropping instantly to zero when the problem occurs. If; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00796.html (9,123 bytes)
8. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:19:10 -0400; Hi Paul, I'll watch more closely, but my impression has been that the tach still follows the engine. The engine gets erratic, and so the tach gets erratic, but it still seems to properly reflect the; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00802.html (8,056 bytes)
9. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:34:02 -0500; I have experienced exactly these symptoms in the Cooper S and once with the MGA I used to race. In both cases, my problem was that the wee braided ground strap in the distributor had come un-spot-wel; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00810.html (10,106 bytes)
10. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:33:01 -0400; Well, I'll check the groundings wherever possible, and will start with the fuel filter, and we'll see what happens. Like I said, since I can't make it happen on command, it's hard to tell when it's f; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00811.html (8,043 bytes)
11. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:30:49 -0500; You can usually accomplish the same results by switching the ignition off and on again quickly. This cycles the pump and will usually get it started again. -Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com -- "JJ Ca; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00816.html (10,130 bytes)
12. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:05:31 -0500; Tach drop from fuel problem will follow the engine speed exactly. Tach drop from problem in LT feed will be erratic and drop faster than engine speed. My experience with bad LT tach drop is that it j; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00819.html (9,095 bytes)
13. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 01:49:09 -0500; Aha!! Syntactical redundancy!! You said "once" twice. You Sorry Incompetent!!! (just thought I would preempt Ed) BTW, the true culprit was the sneaky but friendly influence of the world's finest* whi; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00828.html (8,874 bytes)
14. Re: Intermittent power loss (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:53:16 +0100; This would cause the sudden tach drop while the engine is still spinning, that Tab doesn't seem to be getting. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/arc; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00831.html (8,251 bytes)

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