Does it have an electric pump? If it's mechanical it can fail too.
Bill Lawrence
Bob & Sue Bernard wrote:
> 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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