[JAGNUTS] Thanksgiving puzzle

[John Kutarna]

Andrew:
Sounds like your points are grounding out - the post that holds the spring
arm of the movable point needs an insulating washer. Is it worn through or
maybe cracked? Failing this I'd look for carbon tracking on your coil, rotor
or distributor cap. Also it is possible that the adjustment on the points
has gone off and there is insufficient time for the coil to build up a
strong spark. By the way have you checked the oil level in the carb pots?
Good luck!
jkutarna@accesscomm.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew" <joyride@sasktel.net>
To: "JAGNUT list" <jagnuts@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: [JAGNUTS] Thanksgiving puzzle


> I would appreciate your help in diagnosing the following problem. There
could be prizes!
>
> the 73 MGB GT ran fine one evening. The next day, it turned over fine,
fired a few times but would not run. There is ample fuel, a coil swap made
no difference, there is good spark on the coil wire going to the dizzy, but
there does not seem to be a spark when grounding  any of the sparkplug lead
ends. The points and condenser were replace a few months ago, and the points
are properly gapped. When the ignition is on, there is only a slight
spark/arc when manually opening/closing the points. I don't have a spare
condenser, so I haven't test-swapped it.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> thanks
> andrew
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