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gromit

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    Nanaimo B.C.
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    Nissan powered Austin
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    Making my dang car work

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  1. I have installed Fawcet low pressure fuel pumps on ton's of cars, seldom needed the pressure regulator. They are pretty cheap, but good.
  2. Cool.. That should help! I set the valve gaps as well,. so with this timing adjustment it should make a lot of difference.
  3. It's -ve ground. I actually have converted all my Brit cars to -ve because I like to run alternators, and =+ve earth alternators are hens teeth. (I have seen 0ne only) Are we sure the timing is 3 btdc? I looked it up and say 15+/- . Timing set, carb re-sealed, moving on to valves cause she backfires under load. Runs fair light throttle, ut won't do a hill without clearing her throat.
  4. cool thanks, I figured it was a ground, but....
  5. Perhaps I'll post a picture tomorrow so you can see what I'm talking about. Thanks for the input so far.
  6. It's an Austin with a Nissan Harness. I do have spark at both coils, I put labled NGK plug leads on it so I wouldn't get the wires mixed up...That's all good. I just have a wire hanging loose I think may be important. The one that appears to have a condenser involved.. I don't have a good wiring diagram, was hoping someone could confirm where it went. That;'s all. (FWIW I am a semi retired red seal tech,,, just need a hint here on this Frankenstein from a Nissan person!) I'm pretty sure the backfiring is a lean condition, (there is little to no vacuum) I'll deal with the carb later, I want to ensure proper wiring before proceeding. This whole thing has been too much of a challenge not to proceed in some sort of order.
  7. It was the "extra black/white I was concerned about. (see quote) ".....The separate wire is black, it goes to a plug and black thing (condenser?) it has a black wire with white tracer coming out of the unit, and a brown wire to power. where does this wire go?....."
  8. Thanks man, I am pretty sure the plug leads are right, but the primary wires (power to distributor etc).. the black/white blue and red etc is what I'm checking on. It only backfires on start up. (I am starting to suspect a fuel issue)
  9. HI Guys, I have an odd one here I need to sort out. I have a Nissan Z24 powered Austin. yup. Anyway, I need to wire the distributor up properly. It has a harness of 4 wires, and a separate wire that goes to a terminal on the side of the dizzy. from the "harness" white wire, sealed off Black with white tracer to coil Power and coil +ves. Blue and red to coil -ves The separate wire is black, it goes to a plug and black thing (condenser?) it has a black wire with white tracer coming out of the unit, and a brown wire to power. where does this wire go? Car sort of runs, but backfires and has no power to speak of. it stalls out easy. very low vacuum which may or may not be related to this (for some reason it has a Ford carburetor.. don't ask, I didn't build it. A few years ago this was a strong runner, but it has been in another's hands and has been played with. The person who played with it passed away.. can't ask what he did to it.
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