Rocky,
It's a great day when a TD is fired up after a long sleep. Everyone
shares your happiness.
Front seals usually seal or leak. If it's leaking, it may need to be
replaced yet again. Were you able to be 100 percent certain that there
were no sharp areas on the shaft when you slid the seal into place? Was
the shaft full-size (not grooved or worn or scratched? Was the seal
oiled or greased on its sealing lip when installed?
Hesitation can be from any number of things. Have you enough time on
the engine to read the color of the spark plugs? If you have any doubts
about mixture, you could safely give it an extra flat of richness. Is
there sufficient oil in the dashpots? Have you given a gentle snug to
each of the bolts clamping manifolds to the head?
Is the fuel less than six months old?
The coil should do the job if it works at all. Connections are clean
and tight? Spark plug wires are good?
Points are always suspect. You could pull a piece of clean paper
between them to clean them, then check the gap. Dwell timing is more
accurate than feeler gauges, and easier to do. MG wrote that timing
should be set at 0, though most of us run 3-5 degrees advance, and that's
done as static timing, not with a timing light at idle.
It's certainly not a fuel pump issue. Either pump is more than
sufficient for a TD engine unless it's getting about 10 miles per gallon.
Valve clearances are OK, adjusted for the camshaft that's in the
engine?
It's probably something quite simple to remedy, once identified. Let
us know what the problem turned out to be.
Bob
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:53:20 -0400 "KRISLYN COMPANY"
<KRISLYNCO.LLC@roadrunner.com> writes:
> hello to everyone
>
> well the long awaited day has come..the TD is finally up and running
> and I am
> very excited about driving it as it has sat for almost two years
> with an
> ailing motor.. her are my questions and I am grateful for any help
> as always.
> 1. cant seem to stop the oil leak at the fornt seal..all new again
> (fourth
> time) and still drips.
> 2. she runs well but seems to hesitate upon first acceleration you
> have to
> almost "feather" the throttle. This is when cold or warmed up...John
> Twist
> rebuilt the carbs and they are in tip top shape.... probably need
> adjusting
> to my new motor but I am not certain (accept I used the vaccuum
> thingy over
> the fornts and they're set perfect) on how to adjust the hesitation
> out.
> 3. the coil is an original black Lucas coil sort of smaller in
> diameter could
> the coil be the problem or points...they are all set gapped properly
> and the
> plugs are new.... she idles and starts right up.........just
> hesitates.
> She has two fuel pumps also.
>
> Thanks again................
>
> Rocky
_______________________________________________
Mg-t@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/mg-t
Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|