[JAGNUTS] Thanksgiving puzzle

[mike scales]

Hi Andrew;  Did you check the rotor? If you have good spark to the center
cap on the distributor, possibly the rotor, or the little carbon lead to the
rotor have failed. If you spray a quick shot of WD-40 inside the distributor
cap, it may effect a temporary cure.....Good luck...Mike.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob" <engl@accesscomm.ca>
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Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: [JAGNUTS] Thanksgiving puzzle


> Another item could be a bad lead wire inside the distributor (i.e. the
wire
> inside the distributor).  I've had two bad ones on MG's this year.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
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On
> Behalf Of John Kutarna
> Sent: October 11, 2004 1:13 PM
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> Subject: Re: [JAGNUTS] Thanksgiving puzzle
>
> 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>
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> 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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