Alan,
Yup, when you suggested that, I thought "it has been a while since I
checked".... But unfortunately, they were only a smidge low, and topping
didn't help. The car has new points condenser, cap, good plugs, coil, reset
the timing, (static).
I've fiddled with the carbs (mix) to the point where I'm going to have to pull
the dashpots and start over from scratch with the adjustments, it isn't too
lean, that's for sure! Now...
This is really annoying, I keep thinking there will be an "Ahah !! THAT's it
!!" ...But so far, no "Ahah!"
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Blue One Hundred
To: davidwjones
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: Breaking down under load
David -
These are all classic symptoms of not having enough oil in your
dashpot pistons. Keep them topped up with oil reguarly (20 WT).
Also, your engine is probably out of tune... possibly the mixture is
lean... this will contribute to your problem.
Easy check is to run the car with the choke on... if it accelerates
better when you do this... the dashpot oil is likely your problem.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 7/6/05, davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
> Hello Sports (Car) Fans,
> Kind of got into this a bit in the "4th of July" thread....
>
> '62 BT7 Tricarb. --Breaking down under load. Idles ok, and will run
> relatively well in the higher gears, though stumbles badly when the gas
pedal
> is mashed. Stumbling is worst for some reason under (attempted)
acceleration
> in 1st gear. Sometimes accompanied by a backfire through the carbs.
>
> Question: If I manually twist the rotor in the distributor, advancing it,
it
> does not exactly "snap" back to the non advanced position. However, to my
> recollection, it never has, in many years of driving.. --Does this, and
the
> symptoms warrant pulling the distributor and cleaning / lubricating the
> mechanical advance, and or replacing any internal springs?
>
> The car has : New cap, rotor, condenser, points, plug wires, coil, and
plugs.
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