- 1. [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: Maurice Maxwell <maxandreb1@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT)
- After replacing a head gasket and all of the other gaskets in the kit and the head rebuilt. I tuned the car and it drove around town just fine. Steady idle, smooth power. However, on the highway, the
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- 2. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:12:38 +0800
- It sounds to me you have either a timing/distributor problem or a problem with the Carbs. If your timing is off, it won't combust properly when under load. Go through your complete tuning procedure.
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- 3. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:11:51 +0200
- Sounds like a weak mixture problem to me. Check induction leaks (gaskets, spindles), float height, needle settings, SU piston stick etc. Kees Oudesluijs NL [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type
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- 4. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:37:47 +0200
- Forgot another possibility, the vacuum advance/retard unit on the distributor. This can leak if the diaphragm is ruptured or it can be stuck in which case it will not function properly. The same goes
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- 5. [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: S and T Miller <stmiller96@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:12:21 -0400
- Hi Max, did it do this before the work you did? Tell us everything you did/ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Maurice Maxwell <maxandreb1@yahoo.com> Subject: [Healeys] miss
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- 6. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: <pennell@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:44:59 -0400
- Had a similar prob many years ago. Topped off the dash pot oils and prob went away. Good luck Keith _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net
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- 7. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Leeks" <Paull@glasgows.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:35:11 +0100
- Hi Maurice Not an expert - just my experience ... I had similar trouble last year (poor acceleration but smooth coasting) and checked everything (vacuum leak, timing, electrics, valves, carb settings
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- 8. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:52:51 +0200
- Did you check if the fly weights in the distributor would operate and are not seized, as this could cause a retarded ignition at high revs. if the weights are stuck in the stationary position. Kees
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- 9. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: "David Masucci" <drmasucci@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:26:12 -0400
- One more bit of information/experience that may or may not explain you issue. When I was a teen my Healey developed a strange problem that took me a week to find. It has similarities to your problem
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- 10. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: "David Masucci" <drmasucci@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:27:19 -0400
- One more bit of information/experience that may or may not explain you issue. When I was a teen my Healey developed a strange problem that took me a week to find. It has similarities to your problem
- /html/healeys/2011-04/msg00126.html (9,937 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Healeys] missing at high rpm (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:59:37 +1000
- Other than the obvious tuning related suggestions (timing, mixture etc) I had a similar problem once. It turned out to be the fuel pump. If your pump is clicking all the time, and never really stops,
- /html/healeys/2011-04/msg00139.html (9,756 bytes)
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