[DaimLan] 2.5 Litre V8 miss firing

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Hi all. This is my first post. I am having trouble with my 1963 2.5
Litre saloon. It has not been started for a few months and now that
I have it going it seems that 2 cylinders are not firing. There is
spark to all cylinders but when I remove the 2 spark leads there is
no change in the engine and the missfire is the same. I have
changed spark plugs. Does anyone have any suggestions what I should
look at next?
Cheers–
Daimler 2.5 Saloon
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On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 03:39 -0800, richdabb wrote:

It has not been started for a few months

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Hi,

As it is two cylinders, try swapping the two plug leads, maybe someone is joking with you or some such. Easy to try and no risk.

Are you sure the spark is getting through the extenders right down to the plugs?

Are the plugs oily? Have those two bores part filled with oil during the lay up?

Beyond that can you do a compression test on the two cylinders?

Roger Holmes
'69 V8-250On 6 Feb 2011, at 11:39, richdabb wrote:

Hi all. This is my first post. I am having trouble with my 1963 2.5
Litre saloon. It has not been started for a few months and now that
I have it going it seems that 2 cylinders are not firing. There is
spark to all cylinders but when I remove the 2 spark leads there is
no change in the engine and the missfire is the same. I have
changed spark plugs. Does anyone have any suggestions what I should
look at next?
Cheers

Daimler 2.5 Saloon

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In reply to a message from richdabb sent Sun 6 Feb 2011:

Thank you all for your suggestions.I have changed leads and new
plugs but same problem on the same cylinders. I wont attempt a
compression test. Its on the truck to a Jag specialist now as I
have come to the end of my knowldge of all things mechanical…

Thanks again–
Daimler 2.5 Saloon
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