Just goes to show that "two heads are better than one", even if one is a
teenager -- or maybe especially if one is a teenager! Hey, at least you got
it figured out...
on 5/9/01 6:39 AM, R. O. Lindsay at rolindsay@dgrc.com wrote:
> Hello Gang,
>
> I'm not just a little embarrassed to tell you this. Last
> night, my 15 y/o son and I got a few moments to tinker
> with the MGB-GT. It has always run 'okay' but not great
> since the rebuild. And since I hadn't really taken time to
> tune everything, I assumed the mediocre performance
> was a tuning issue. I was wrong.
> Allen said, "Hey Dad, which direction does the distributor
> turn?" "Counter-clockwise.", I answered in my best old
> sage voice, "Look at the little arrow on the casting." Allen
> then said, "Then why are the plugs wired 1-3-4-2?"
> "What!?", I replied, sensing that uneasy feeling coming
> over me. Sure enough, I had miswired plugs 2 and 3!
> I mean, I know better than this BUT, I still screwed up.
> We, with excitement, rewired the plugs and jumped in
> for a test. Whir, zoom! It instantly leapt to life smooth
> as silk -- at 2500 rpm. We of course, had the idle speed
> set WAY too high as it was adjusted when two cylinders
> were being drug along rather than contributing. We shut
> the engine down, went through a whole new carb linkage
> alignment procedure and tried again. Smooth as silk at
> 800rpm! Advance, 10 degrees BTDC. Beauty.
> So this is a success story, if not just a little embarrassing.
> I guess another nice part about the List is that you can be
> completely honest about your bone-head moves knowing
> that at least a few of your friends have "been there, done
> that."
>
> --
> Rick Lindsay
> Diamond Geoscience Research
> 5727 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK
> Voice: +1 918-747-3456
> Fax: +1 918-747-8599
>
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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