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[Roger Smith]

Hello, my name is Roger Smith, I have a 1964 Vitesse 1600 saloon & a 1975 Stag.

My Son owns a Hillman Imp and a classic mini clubman with a MG metro engine.

I am a retired mechanical design engineer and Son Phillip is a test engineer for JLR at the Gaydon facility.

I have been using the Stag for 3 years and it is a survivor in that there has been no major restoration done to it.

I have been chasing a minor irritation in that it appears to run a little on the warm side but not overheating. When running slowly in traffic it starts to run badly and feels like a fuel starvation issue. I have all the usual additions, ie alum rad & header tank, electric fan, (but also standard engine fan) electronic ignition, etc.

Any ideas please?

 

[Qu1ckn1ck]

Hi Roger welcome to the forum. 

I am sure that your query will be very promptly answered by a score of Stag experts !

Nick

 

[poppyman]

Hi Roger, i also have a stag and mine did the same. I did find the distributor base plate earth had broken (only found by moving the base plate) and also the mixture was running very rich. After curing said problems it seems to be ok now   It was a major problem on mine as it is an auto, mine also has a big rad in it. Welcome to the forum  

Tony.

[Roger Smith]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the prompt reply. I have checked out the distributor, and replaced the earth wire previously (as I also had this issue).

As regards the rich mixture, I had the carbs tuned professionally a while back and the mechanic commented that he thought the needles were of the weak variety as he had problems getting the mixture to run rich enough?

The plot thickens?

Regards, Roger.

[Pete Lewis]

as regards needles you nee to know what spec is fitted and what should it be ??

temperature compensators probably need setting( closing) and check the diaphragms for small splits 

to get full exposure you need to start a post about your problem

pete