Sounds like leakage due to moisture in the ignition system. Marginal spark
plug wires or moisture in the cap?
----- Original Message -----
From: <CoolVT@aol.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 1:48 PM
Subject: Help-Crazy TIger
> I need some opinions and free advice;-)
>
> I filled the Tiger with gas, drove it home 100 miles in a rain storm. It
ran
> fine. I went to start it about 5 days later...it started right up, but
ran
> rough with no power. I could only get it under way by really slipping the
> clutch. I figured it was the same problem that I had last year...bad gas
or that
> water had somehow gotten into the gas during the rainy drive. I hooked up
a
> portable tank with fresh gas and no better at all. The symptoms had been
> almost exactly as the bad gas situation down to the back fire if the car
was revved
> and let off suddenly.
>
> I checked the gas supply into the carb., checked the dwell and timing. I
> then proceeded to remove and ground one plug wire at at a time (at the
> distributor). The RPM never changed with any plug wire off. When the
final wire was
> replaced I noticed that the car had smoothed out. I drove it for 20 miles
and
> it was perfect.
>
> So, anyone have an idea of what is going on? Up here in the north country
> when a car won't start or runs rough in cold or wet weather we always
replace
> the distributor cap first. Some people with hard starting cars brought
them
> into the house on cold nights:-) Could I have a very fine crack or
defective cap
> that would give me these symptoms?
>
> Now I wonder if last year's problem was not gas at all,but this same
thing.
> Although last year is smoothed out immediately when served with fresh gas
from
> a portable tank.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions that I know I will get.
> Mark L.
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