ignition cuts out on sharp rh bends

[Dieter H. Marschall]

Hello everybody,

strange things happen when driving my Mk1 Stag: Sometimes when going around sharp right hand corners the ignition cuts out and the engine stalls. Afterwards I can restart without problems.

I have an electronic Lumenition ignition built in.

This only happens when going around righthand bends and onyl around sharp ones!

I have already tried rattling at the ignition key assuming the reason is the weight of the bundle of keys. To no avail.

Has anybody had similar experiences?

Best wishes,
Dieter.

[V Mad]

Perhaps the 3-wire connector in your Lumenition lead is making a bad connection?

[Danny]

I had a similar thing on my TR7 and it turned out to be the LT wire from the distributor to the coil.

Danny

[GDPR]

Had that once - in my case it was the wiring harness running over the tunnel on the bulkhead had chafed and shorting the white/yellow...

[Mike Stevens]

I had that in a big saloon. The wire from the loom to the coil was a bit tight and when I went round LH bends the engine moved over a bit and stretched the wire.

I'd have a look at the wiring around the engine to see if anything ios ticht and/or making a poor connection.

Cheers,
Mike.

[Dieter H. Marschall]

Hello everybody,

Thank you for your inputs. It was on of the LT leads to the Lumenition base, which had come loose. Easy repair. Thank goodness.

Best wishes,
Dieter - from sunny and warm Germany.