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MG TD TF 1500 - Occasional engine miss

On a longish drive yesterday I started to experience an occasional miss or "breaking up" of the engine in my TD, usually on accelleration.
Oddly, it was accompanied by a flickering of the GEN light on the dash. I'll bet that's a clue.
Any initial thoughts where I might start looking?
Thanks in advance.
John Deikis
Chelsea, MI
Deikis

You might have a loose (or broken), primary wire, at the coil, or ground wire in the dizzy....This might be enough to make the Gen light flicker, and certainly would affect ignition at the same time.
Of course, you could have two different problems at the same time.
Edward
E.B. Wesson

Try wiring a voltmeter in temporarily and see if your generator is actually keeping the battery up.

Did you check your brushes on your recent rebuild?

We looked for you at "Mad Dogs & Englishmen."

Jim Northrup

This thread was discussed on 11/07/2011

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