Re: [lro] Need Help! Stalled out on I-80 in rush hour this morning :P

From: Bob & Sue Bernard (bobnsueb@saber.net)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 10:49:23 EST

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    Hi,
    Clogged fuel filter?
    Clogged/ restricted fuel tank intake screen?
    Vaporlock?
    When it fails do you hear the fuel pump running?
    I've had a fuse fail to make contact in that wonderful Lucas fuse holder
    intermittently which lost power to the coil and also the electric pump.

    Bob B

    At 07:35 AM 3/25/2003, you wrote:

    >..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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