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13-07-2024, 07:45 PM
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As per thread title !!!!!
I simply cannot get my very very very expensive rebuilt engine (coil) to run properly ????
there is a constant misfire, that I can only guess is electrical/ignition ???
I've simply run out of ideas and if it continues ,I'll be throwing a gallon of unleaded over it and a box of swan vestas .
Just changed condenser, still the same, so coil next I guess, what's the best one to fit (6v) ???
Or is anybody near me, West Norfolk, that can pop by for a look ?
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Never forget...if you think it is ignition it is probably fuel - and vice versa.
More info needed. Has it ever run properly? What work has been done to the engine? Were all the ancillaries working before being put on the engine?
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Hi Nick,
It used to 'fly along' (at Curborough & Kop Hill) , but then started to 'misfire under load', at Kop last year.
The engine needed a rebuild, but I'm still on the 'old' dizzy/coil/etc.
It's now been fitted with a SU, and after the rebuild started 'on the button' & ran OK for 60/70 miles.
but now starts missing only after 2-3 mile ( when warm )???
Only use E5. Any thoughts ???
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It sounds like the coil breaking down, what plugs are you using?
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13-07-2024, 09:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-07-2024, 09:07 PM by Bluebird7.)
Hi Ruairidh,
Wish I had !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!£££££££££
Hi Ivor, I'm leaning to the coil too, but what one to consider.
Fitted a Distributor Doctor condenser this evening, no change
so must be coil ????
Plugs are D16
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Have you spoken to the person who built it?
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Where are you in 'West Norfolk'? I'm north of Cambridge but I get to March occasionally, and I have been dealing with A7 problems for 65 years.
