[Mgs] Bad Fuel Question

[Charley Robinson]

I carry a condenser, points & rotor in my emergency kit.  If I ever get 
around to rebuilding the stock fuel pump that I recently replaced, I'll 
carry it also.

CR

On 7/23/2019 10:03 AM, David F. Darby via Mgs wrote:
>
> A failed condenser stopped my MGB on the highway once.
>
> David
>
> On 7/22/2019 1:18 PM, Max Heim via Mgs wrote:
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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.
>
>     --
>
>     Max Heim
>
>     '66 MGB
>
>         On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:10 AM, i erbs via Mgs
>         <mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>         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
>
>         1967 MGB
>
>         A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario
>         Andretti
>
>         Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
>
>         On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 10:36 AM David Breneman via Mgs
>         <mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>             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
>
>             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.
>
>             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?
>
>             Thanks!
>
>             David Brenemandavid_breneman at yahoo.com
>             <mailto:david_breneman at yahoo.com>
>
>
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