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bob hughes
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Yesterday I took the old girl ( BJ7 ) out for a spin and a refuel at my local supermarket. Lo and behold there was another Healey out but the Automobile Association - AA - road side mechanic had his head under the bonnet.
Well I could not resist and walked over to see what was up - It would not start. So far they had determined good fuel connection, and a good spark off the dizzy but no spark at the plugs. The owner had recently had the plug leads replaced and a new rotor arm.
Straight away I suggested rotor arm or condenser and to prove a point, drove my car alongside and took my rotor arm and stuck it in their car - of course it started up right away. Luckily for the owner he had the old rotor arm in the boot (trunk) and he put that in and yup it started right away.
Amazing how these new parts fail before they have really started - he had traveled but 10 miles. The AA man said that he had determined that the rotor arm provide good continuity - how I don't know, I can guess, but it sure did not do the job. I left them revving the engine and scratching their heads.
Bob
Well I could not resist and walked over to see what was up - It would not start. So far they had determined good fuel connection, and a good spark off the dizzy but no spark at the plugs. The owner had recently had the plug leads replaced and a new rotor arm.
Straight away I suggested rotor arm or condenser and to prove a point, drove my car alongside and took my rotor arm and stuck it in their car - of course it started up right away. Luckily for the owner he had the old rotor arm in the boot (trunk) and he put that in and yup it started right away.
Amazing how these new parts fail before they have really started - he had traveled but 10 miles. The AA man said that he had determined that the rotor arm provide good continuity - how I don't know, I can guess, but it sure did not do the job. I left them revving the engine and scratching their heads.
Bob
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