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Tom RSA · 12-13-2014, 12:32 PM

I had a similar problem on my 1923 a few years ago. It would idle fine but started missing as the revs went up. One evening the car was idling in the workshop and the mains electricity in the workshop went off. I noticed a spark jumping from the timer wiring loom towards the coil box terminals on the car. The next day I removed the loom and noticed that the insulation on the wiring loom had failed in a few places.. Wrapped it with insulation tape and the problem was gone. I have since fitted a new loom.

12-13-2014, 12:32 PM	#8
Tom RSA Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: East London, South Africa Posts: 16	Re: Idles fine but... I had a similar problem on my 1923 a few years ago. It would idle fine but started missing as the revs went up. One evening the car was idling in the workshop and the mains electricity in the workshop went off. I noticed a spark jumping from the timer wiring loom towards the coil box terminals on the car. The next day I removed the loom and noticed that the insulation on the wiring loom had failed in a few places.. Wrapped it with insulation tape and the problem was gone. I have since fitted a new loom.