RAC68
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Hi All,
On Saturday I took the Healey out for a drive and, upon returning home, it sounded a little high on idle. When starting to tweak the carbs, I decided to check the timing and found the timing was jumping erratically. This was strange as I have a Crane Electronic Ignition that has kept a steady timing mark for well over the past 10-years.
Since I hadn’t lubricated the distributor for awhile, I pulled it from the car and took it apart to check, clean, and lubricate thoroughly. After reinstallation, the Healey would not start so I assumed my timing was grossly out and tried setting it at different degrees of distributor-turn with no success. Checking to make sure I was getting power at the plug, I pulled the #1 plug and, with the key on, found the plug sparking properly.
Today, I pulled the distributor again to double check that I had not installed something in wrong. All seemed correct, but again, reinstalling the distributor still did not start the car and checking timing via the timing light and starter motor was also unsuccessful (light would light but beam too wide).
Tomorrow I intend to check that I am getting gas. Since I did not do much with the carbs, I assumed (I know) I assumed my problem was in the distributor. However, not finding spark and no backfiring, I am wondering and will do. If I am getting gas, I will replace the Crane EI with points to see their effect.
Any ideas?
Ray (64BJ8P1)
On Saturday I took the Healey out for a drive and, upon returning home, it sounded a little high on idle. When starting to tweak the carbs, I decided to check the timing and found the timing was jumping erratically. This was strange as I have a Crane Electronic Ignition that has kept a steady timing mark for well over the past 10-years.
Since I hadn’t lubricated the distributor for awhile, I pulled it from the car and took it apart to check, clean, and lubricate thoroughly. After reinstallation, the Healey would not start so I assumed my timing was grossly out and tried setting it at different degrees of distributor-turn with no success. Checking to make sure I was getting power at the plug, I pulled the #1 plug and, with the key on, found the plug sparking properly.
Today, I pulled the distributor again to double check that I had not installed something in wrong. All seemed correct, but again, reinstalling the distributor still did not start the car and checking timing via the timing light and starter motor was also unsuccessful (light would light but beam too wide).
Tomorrow I intend to check that I am getting gas. Since I did not do much with the carbs, I assumed (I know) I assumed my problem was in the distributor. However, not finding spark and no backfiring, I am wondering and will do. If I am getting gas, I will replace the Crane EI with points to see their effect.
Any ideas?
Ray (64BJ8P1)
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