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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