Michael,
Misses like this are almost always due to the ignition system.
Before you try anything else, try running the car in a dark location--but
not an airtight one ;)--and look for stray sparks around the distributor
cap and plug wires.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Awgertoo@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 9:15 AM
Subject: Intermittent miss
> My wife's BN7 misses--very occasionally--when accelerating from low rpm's
> (1800-2000). Usually there is only one or two "hesitations" and once at
>higher
> rpm's there is no miss at all. There is no miss under hard acceleration at
>mid
> to high rpms and no miss at sustained rpms. I pulled and changed the plugs
> yesterday--the old ones didn't look bad but I prefer Champion to Bosch.
>Today
> the miss reappeared--just once in a 30 minute drive--but there nevertheless.
> It could be my imagination, but it seems like it is more prone to happen when
> I am accelerating after having taken a turn.
>
> She likes things perfect, though I don't know what she is doing with me.
> Any thoughts as to where I might start looking?
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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