Subject: [Healeys] The single most confusing engine shutdown problem ever!

From: Tom Felts via Healeys <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:23:53 -0400 (EDT)

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Was our driving a while back, engine purring, and suddenly she shut down. Let it sit for a while and she would start and run for a while--then shut down again. I tried many fixes which I will list below. Several times after the fixes she went for miles and miles and I thought I had "fixed" it. Nope-----yesterday----it was AAA tow time once again (3 times this year). 

The last 2 shutdown times came when she was idling waiting for a light or for a car to pass. 

So here is what I have tried: * new coil * new voltage regulator * new fuel pump * New ignition switch * Blew out the fuel lines * pulled float bowls and cleaned them (no debris inside) * Pulled the distributor plate out and cleaned and oiled it * disconnected the wire leading from the battery cutoff switch to the coil. * bypassed the entire battery cutoff switch * replaced the Pertronix with a new one * checked all the sparkplug wires to make sure they were on properly * replaced the distributor rotor *Replaced the distributor cap . * checked the small ground wire inside the distributor to make sure it was attached properly. 

All this----and STILL o joy. I'm really out of ideas at this point. If anyone has any ideas for me to check please share them. 

Thanks 
Tom 

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or: initial;">Was our driving a while back, engine purring, and suddenly sh=
e shut down.&nbsp; Let it sit for a while and she would start and run for a=
 while--then shut down again.&nbsp; I tried many fixes which I will list be=
low.&nbsp; Several times after the fixes she went for miles and miles and I=
 thought I had "fixed" it.&nbsp; Nope-----yesterday----it was AAA tow time =
once again (3 times this year).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"color: #0000=
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dows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration=
-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:=
 initial;">So here is what I have tried:&nbsp; * new coil&nbsp; * new volta=
ge regulator&nbsp; * new fuel pump&nbsp; * New ignition switch&nbsp; * Blew=
 out the fuel lines * pulled float bowls and cleaned them (no debris inside=
)&nbsp; * Pulled the distributor plate out and cleaned and oiled it&nbsp; *=
 disconnected the wire leading from the battery cutoff switch to the coil. =
* bypassed the entire battery cutoff switch * replaced the Pertronix with a=
 new one&nbsp; * checked all the sparkplug wires to make sure they were on =
properly&nbsp; *&nbsp; replaced the distributor rotor *Replaced the distrib=
utor cap . * checked the small ground wire inside the distributor to make s=
ure it was attached properly.</div><div style=3D"color: #000000; font-famil=
y: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-=
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&nbsp;All this----and STILL o joy=
.&nbsp; I'm really out of ideas at this point.&nbsp; If anyone has any idea=
s for me to check please share them.</div><div style=3D"color: #000000; fon=
t-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal=
; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 4=
00; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px=
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ans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: nor=
mal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; o=
rphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white=
-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0p=
x; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text=
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 arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-va=
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style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Thanks</div><div style=3D"=
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From: Hank Leach via Healeys <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:25:30 +0000 bmD/B1U0tsf2haOXyhkf7w/DP1JXDcgfnjkNtcbf375nY0nwKOZL/jpjhh/Je5u9BhZYvOcRAxfabg9Fc3HRqqNydVYHl2h5H5dVNQOKCZJPq/pv+KQeo5GD

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Spider in fuel cap vent hole blocking free flow of air. Yes, I have=0Ase=
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-----------------From: "Tom Felts via=0AHealeys" =0ATo: "healeys"=0ACc:=
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ngle most confusing engine shutdown problem=0Aever!=0A=0A    Was our dri=
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 it. Nope-----yesterday----it was AAA tow time=0Aonce again (3 times thi=
s year).   =0A  The last 2 shutdown times came when she was idling waiti=
ng for a=0Alight or for a car to pass.  =0A  So here is what I have trie=
d: * new coil * new voltage regulator *=0Anew fuel pump * New ignition s=
witch * Blew out the fuel lines * pulled=0Afloat bowls and cleaned them=
 (no debris inside) * Pulled the=0Adistributor plate out and cleaned and=
 oiled it * disconnected the wire=0Aleading from the battery cutoff swit=
ch to the coil. * bypassed the=0Aentire battery cutoff switch * replaced=
 the Pertronix with a new one *=0Achecked all the sparkplug wires to mak=
e sure they were on properly *=0Areplaced the distributor rotor *Replace=
d the distributor cap . *=0Achecked the small ground wire inside the dis=
tributor to make sure it=0Awas attached properly.  =0A  All this----and=
 STILL o joy. I'm really out of ideas at this point.=0AIf anyone has any=
 ideas for me to check please share them.  =0A  Thanks  Tom

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----</p>From: "Tom Felts via Healeys" <[email-masked]><br>To: "h=
ealeys"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Sunday September 17 2023 8:30:35AM<br>Subject:=
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From: Harold Manifold <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:45:26 -0700

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Sounds like you have checked everything on the ignition system. Could be fue=
l related. What do the spark plugs look like? If the ceramic is black then t=
oo rich if white then too lean. Lastly there is the ground wire that runs fr=
om the coil to the battery shutoff switch. Could the wire be grounding somew=
here? Try disconnecting it at the coil.

Harold

> On Sep 17, 2023, at 9:15 AM, Richard Collins via Healeys <[email-masked]=
am.net> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF Does it do it only in summer type warm weather ?
> If so, I=E2=80=99d say vapor lock of fuel system.
> Happens to me in the summer and predicted to happen when water temp on my i=
nstruments hit 200 degrees when stopped. Although I have wrapped insulation a=
round the lines leading to the carbs close to the manifold which helped but h=
as not cured the issue. I do have a heat shield but haven=E2=80=99t installe=
d it.
> So my cure is not to drive on hot days. =20
>=20
> Regards,
> Richard C
> BN7 #440
>=20
>>> On Sep 17, 2023, at 10:22, Tom Felts via Healeys <[email-masked]=
> wrote:
>>>=20
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> Was our driving a while back, engine purring, and suddenly she shut down.=
  Let it sit for a while and she would start and run for a while--then shut d=
own again.  I tried many fixes which I will list below.  Several times after=
 the fixes she went for miles and miles and I thought I had "fixed" it.  Nop=
e-----yesterday----it was AAA tow time once again (3 times this year). =20
>>=20
>> The last 2 shutdown times came when she was idling waiting for a light or=
 for a car to pass.
>>=20
>> So here is what I have tried:  * new coil  * new voltage regulator  * new=
 fuel pump  * New ignition switch  * Blew out the fuel lines * pulled float b=
owls and cleaned them (no debris inside)  * Pulled the distributor plate out=
 and cleaned and oiled it  * disconnected the wire leading from the battery c=
utoff switch to the coil. * bypassed the entire battery cutoff switch * repl=
aced the Pertronix with a new one  * checked all the sparkplug wires to make=
 sure they were on properly  *  replaced the distributor rotor *Replaced the=
 distributor cap . * checked the small ground wire inside the distributor to=
 make sure it was attached properly.
>>=20
>>  All this----and STILL o joy.  I'm really out of ideas at this point.  If=
 anyone has any ideas for me to check please share them.
>>=20
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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Sounds like you have checked everything on t=
he ignition system. Could be fuel related. What do the spark plugs look like=
? If the ceramic is black then too rich if white then too lean. Lastly there=
 is the ground wire that runs from the coil to the battery shutoff switch. C=
ould the wire be grounding somewhere? Try disconnecting it at the coil.<br><=
br><div dir=3D"ltr">Harold</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cit=
e">On Sep 17, 2023, at 9:15 AM, Richard Collins via Healeys &lt;healeys@auto=
x.team.net&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d=
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Does it do it only in summer type warm weather ?
<div>If so, I=E2=80=99d say vapor lock of fuel system.</div>
<div>Happens to me in the summer and predicted to happen when water temp on m=
y instruments hit 200 degrees when stopped. Although I have wrapped insulati=
on around the lines leading to the carbs close to the manifold which helped b=
ut has not cured the issue.
 I do have a heat shield but haven=E2=80=99t installed it.</div>
<div>So my cure is not to drive on hot days. &nbsp;<br>
<br>
<div dir=3D"ltr">Regards,
<div>Richard C</div>
<div>BN7 #440</div>
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<blockquote type=3D"cite">On Sep 17, 2023, at 10:22, Tom Felts via Healeys &=
lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br>
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Was our driving a while back, engine purring, and suddenly she shut down.&nb=
sp; Let it sit for a while and she would start and run for a while--then shu=
t down again.&nbsp; I tried many fixes which I will list below.&nbsp; Severa=
l times after the fixes she went for miles and
 miles and I thought I had "fixed" it.&nbsp; Nope-----yesterday----it was AA=
A tow time once again (3 times this year).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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The last 2 shutdown times came when she was idling waiting for a light or fo=
r a car to pass.</div>
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ation-color: initial;">
So here is what I have tried:&nbsp; * new coil&nbsp; * new voltage regulator=
&nbsp; * new fuel pump&nbsp; * New ignition switch&nbsp; * Blew out the fuel=
 lines * pulled float bowls and cleaned them (no debris inside)&nbsp; * Pull=
ed the distributor plate out and cleaned and oiled it&nbsp; * disconnected
 the wire leading from the battery cutoff switch to the coil. * bypassed the=
 entire battery cutoff switch * replaced the Pertronix with a new one&nbsp; *=
 checked all the sparkplug wires to make sure they were on properly&nbsp; *&=
nbsp; replaced the distributor rotor *Replaced
 the distributor cap . * checked the small ground wire inside the distributo=
r to make sure it was attached properly.</div>
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idows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration=
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&nbsp;All this----and STILL o joy.&nbsp; I'm really out of ideas at this poi=
nt.&nbsp; If anyone has any ideas for me to check please share them.</div>
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ce: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; te=
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ation-color: initial;">
Thanks</div>
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Tom</div>
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Sounds like you have really changed a lot of stuff without curing the probl=
em. I would suggest going over ever wire in the entire wiring harness. Star=
t the engine and methodically check every connection by wiggling it and see=
 if it duplicates the problem. I once had my Healey cut out while driving. =
It turned out that the key rotated a tiny bit as I accidentally brushed aga=
inst it. Could be some that easy and stupid. Good luck.

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<div>Sounds like you have really changed a lot of stuff without curing the =
problem. I would suggest going over ever wire in the entire wiring harness.=
 Start the engine and methodically check every connection by wiggling it an=
d see if it duplicates the problem.
 I once had my Healey cut out while driving. It turned out that the key rot=
ated a tiny bit as I accidentally brushed against it. Could be some that ea=
sy and stupid. Good luck.&nbsp;</div>
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