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How do bad condensers cause rough running? All they do is prevent the =
points from burning. Oh, you are saying the points are burnt.
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> On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:10 AM, i erbs via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
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> could also be a bad a condenser. Could coincidental, not causational. =
How old is the condenser? Even if newish, there are lots of crappy new =
Lucas parts out there. I had three bad ones with similar results, until =
replaced with a Distributor Doctor HD condenser.
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
> _______ _______
> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
> (_________________________)
> BT7 engine and disk brakes
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> 1967 MGB =20
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> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:36 AM David Breneman via Mgs =
> I've never encountered a "bad fuel" problem before, so I'm looking
> for some confirmation (or not). The local Mom-without-Pop store put
> in new pumps, and one of the things they're offering now is 92 octane =
(US)
> alcohol-free gas. I had about a quarter tank in my MGA (w/MGB high
> compression engine) so I went to fill up. The pump with the alcohol-
> free gas was out of order! So I put in three gallons of regular 92=20
> octane, and about 1/4 mile from the station started experiencing a lot
> of misfiring, mostly when accelerating in 3rd and 4th. I continued
> driving like this for about 20 miles to see if it would clear up and =
it
> never did. I can't imagine it's anything but the fuel, but I've never
> encountered "bad fuel" situation like this in 44 years of driving.
>=20
> The fact that it started about 1/4 mile after leaving the station =
seems
> like pretty good evidence. Any other possibilities? Is there any =
option
> other than to just burn through this half tank of gas?
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class=3D"">How do bad condensers cause rough running? All they do is =
prevent the points from burning. Oh, you are saying the points are =
burnt.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66 MGB</div></div></div>
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:10 AM, i erbs via Mgs <<a =
href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
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normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; =
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" =
class=3D"">could also be a bad a condenser. Could coincidental, not =
causational. How old is the condenser? Even if newish, there are lots of =
crappy new Lucas parts out there. I had three bad ones with similar =
results, until replaced with a Distributor Doctor HD condenser.<br =
clear=3D"all" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div =
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class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Ira Erbs<div =
class=3D"">Portland,OR</div><div class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: =
'Times New Roman', serif;" class=3D""> _______ =
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(_________________________)</span></div><div =
class=3D""> BT7 engine and disk =
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class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">1967 MGB <img =
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'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" =
class=3D"">A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario =
Andretti</span><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Please excuse random =
auto corrects and misspelled =
words</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d=
iv></div></div></div></div></div><br class=3D""></div><br =
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class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:36 AM David Breneman via =
Mgs <<a href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br =
class=3D""></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px =
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border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div =
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style=3D"font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: =
13px;"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">I've never =
encountered a "bad fuel" problem before, so I'm looking</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">for some confirmation (or not). The local =
Mom-without-Pop store put</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">in new pumps, =
and one of the things they're offering now is 92 octane (US)<br =
class=3D""></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">alcohol-free gas. I =
had about a quarter tank in my MGA (w/MGB high</div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">compression engine) so I went to fill up. The pump with =
the alcohol-</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">free gas was out of =
order! So I put in three gallons of regular 92<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=3D""></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">octane, and about 1/4 mile from the station =
started experiencing a lot</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">of =
misfiring, mostly when accelerating in 3rd and 4th. I =
continued</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span class=3D""><span =
class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">driving like this for =
about 20 miles to see if it would clear up and =
it</span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span class=3D""><span =
class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">never did. I =
can't imagine it's anything but the fuel, but I've =
never</span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span =
class=3D""><span =
class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">encountered "bad =
fuel" situation like this in 44 years of =
driving.</span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span =
class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><br =
class=3D""></span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span =
class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">The =
fact that it started about 1/4 mile after leaving the station =
seems</span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span =
class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">like =
pretty good evidence. Any other possibilities? Is there any =
option</span></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><span =
class=3D""><span class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">other =
than to just burn through this half tank of gas?</span></span></div><div =
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class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st"><br =
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class=3D""><span =
class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpd1457413st">Thanks! <span =
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class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"gmail-m_9075250362783882819ydpec15941csignature">David =
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