Patrick
CCCUK Member
Hi all. I have a 1960 C1 which has been driven very little over the last few years as I was based abroad. I returned in mid August and have been taking every opportunity to take it out for a spin. Over a period of about three weeks it started to "miss" under acceleration. This condition continued to develop but the car ran very well otherwise.
I took the car to the garage that has been maintaining it for me for many years. He maintains a lot of classic cars for a storage facility nearby and is also a personal friend whom I trust implicitly.
He stripped down the carbs and cleaned them and also replaced the spark plugs but the problem is still there. He has suggested replacing the HT leads, the theory being the leads are "breaking down" and not getting a strong enough charge through to some of the plugs. My only concern here is that we replaced them 4 years ago.
Two questions:
1) Whilst I do trust him, I'd like to get a second opinion on what might be the cause of the problem;
2) Where can I get a good quality set of the correct HT leads?!
I took the car to the garage that has been maintaining it for me for many years. He maintains a lot of classic cars for a storage facility nearby and is also a personal friend whom I trust implicitly.
He stripped down the carbs and cleaned them and also replaced the spark plugs but the problem is still there. He has suggested replacing the HT leads, the theory being the leads are "breaking down" and not getting a strong enough charge through to some of the plugs. My only concern here is that we replaced them 4 years ago.
Two questions:
1) Whilst I do trust him, I'd like to get a second opinion on what might be the cause of the problem;
2) Where can I get a good quality set of the correct HT leads?!