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So after much carb doings with little effect and much affect on my part, remembered back 10 yrs or so to Healey that started great but skipped at high Revs when hot (opposite of Jag,)after replacing fuel pump and similar carb analysis did not fix, finally checked electrics and connector from dist was marginal at coil, 60 sec of wire stripping and solved. So went to coil on Jag, tried to unscrew the connector cap and finally just got a bunch of crumbled Lucas magic substance and real mess down in coil. New coil from Moss, $4.00 new wire with connectors local autoparts. Just to check voltage on side lead,I pushed button and instant vroom. Amazing, just as with Healey it was marginal connection at coil, which had an opposite heat sensitivity to Healey.
Thanks to all for their suggestions.
 
This reminds me of a day of frustration years ago. I used to have an MG 1100 (before it rusted away). The gas cap had a short length of chain that prevented you from leaving it at the gas pump. On the way to college one RAINY morning I filled it but forgot to put the cap on. Later that day it started running rough with low power (well, with lower power). I assumed I had water in the gas. I put it on the lift at a friends Shell station, drained the tank, blew out the fuel line and refilled it. Still ran rough. As I'm standing there, trying to rev it, and really steamed, I notice out of the corner of my eye arcing on one of the coil wires. It was one of these soderless, crimp connectors that had been the problem all along.

A doctor once told me "Don't just do something, stand there". You can save a lot of time by spending time looking around.

Glad you're moving again.
Lynn
 
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