I've had similar symptoms before. Turned out just to be worn out
Distributor cap, rotor and points. Standard tune-up fixed everything.
Always start with the cheap and simple fixes first...
Paul
1961 SII
Victoria, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Palmer" <rbpalmer_nrt@hotmail.com>
To: <lro@koan.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:35 AM
Subject: [lro] Need Help! Stalled out on I-80 in rush hour this morning :P
>
> ..I nursed it home, but here's the full background and story (It's long,
but
> should help anyone who has ideas)
>
> Wife's 1969 SIIA. A couple of months ago she was driving it and hit a
bump
> - vehicle suddenly lost power and died. We fought this one for a while,
and
> did the following:
>
> 1. Swapped the two-barrel Weber carb with a known good one from my 109
> 2. Added an electric fuel pump
> 3. Added fuel filters both before and after the fuel pump.
>
> In the end... it was the coil of all things! Swapped the coil, vehicle
> seemed to drive fine. Had the stiff steering issue afterwords, but once
it
> warmed up the problem vanished.
>
> So here's where we are now. I took the truck out, and after being on the
> road for about 12 miles, it started having problems. You'd hit the gas,
but
> instead of accelerating, it would sputter out. Some fast pumping,
> down-shifting, and high revs would keep it going and eventually it would
> sputter back to life and you could keep going.
>
> This problem seems to manifest itself when accellerating. Coasting
> downhill, etc... no prob. Hit the pedal tho, andf you get the sputter and
> fail.
>
> The first two times this happened were around our home, all within the
first
> 5-7 miles. The truck was still on a half tank from when it died a couple
> months back, so I filled it up and added some carb cleaner. That seemed
to
> improve things, since after that I got a good 15 miles on it without any
> issues.
>
> Fast forward to today. I decide it needs a good road trip so I decide to
> take it into work - a 50 mile commute on I-80 in Jersey. In rush hour.
> It's fine for the first 28 miles... all is going well, I'm hitting speeds
of
> 65mph and not missing a beat. Then, traffic slows down... I downshift,
> coast to a stop. Go to start back up again... and it sputters and dies.
In
> the middle lane. During rush hour. Try to start the truck again... the
> starter turns rapidly, but no go. At the time that the truck failed, I
had
> just under a full tank of gas. Water temp was 160 or slightly below, oil
> pressure was about 50psi (at a low idle it drops to about 25psi, but once
> driving at speed it's closer to 50)
>
> After about 15-20 minutes of sitting, waiting, and occassionally trying a
> start, it eventually fires up and I rev it up. I get into traffic and
take
> the first exit.
>
> Once again traffic slows down and I slow down to a near stop. When the
time
> comes to accellerate, I hit the gas and it goes flat and dies. This time
I
> roll off of the road. Same problem as before - attempts to restart fail.
I
> decide to just let it just sit for about 15 minutes, then try again. It
> starts right up, revs, and I quickly get onto the road and turn around and
> head back to PA.
>
> No events on the way home, although I notice that if I take my foot off
the
> gas and go to accellerate again I get a very slight hesitation - but my
> forward momentum is keeping the truck going. I make it through the toll
> booth and get the truck home and park it in frustration.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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