Morris Mis-Firing
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:21 pm
Morris Mis-Firing
I set off for Chichester today in the Morris 1000 Convertible (Iris) when just west of Arundel the car began to mis-fire and then conked out. The vehicle would not start again. I thought that maybe in the traffic we had overheated.
The AA came to help me out, and the car did actually start once they had arrived. They looked at the fuel-mix on the carburetor; checked the distributor cap and points; cleaned the spark plugs; and checked the engine temperature. All seemed fine.
This only seems to happen when the car gets hot and up to working temperature. Could this be the electrical coil playing up when the car gets hot?
Thanks in advance,
Kind regards
Joe J
I set off for Chichester today in the Morris 1000 Convertible (Iris) when just west of Arundel the car began to mis-fire and then conked out. The vehicle would not start again. I thought that maybe in the traffic we had overheated.
The AA came to help me out, and the car did actually start once they had arrived. They looked at the fuel-mix on the carburetor; checked the distributor cap and points; cleaned the spark plugs; and checked the engine temperature. All seemed fine.
This only seems to happen when the car gets hot and up to working temperature. Could this be the electrical coil playing up when the car gets hot?
Thanks in advance,
Kind regards
Joe J