Stephanie,
For your benefit, and for others in the area, Austin has a newly formed MG
club. If anyone is interested, e-mail me directly and I'll get the
particulars for you. I know they're having a meeting on September 9th, but
I don't recall where just now. I plan on being there to help them kick off
the new club....
Carol
At 08:41 PM 8/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I am new to the list, so I hope this question hasn't been handled recently.
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>I recently (May) acquired a '77 Midget, which is in wonderful condition, but
>developed a problem a few weeks ago. While driving, the accellerator
>suddenly lost power, followed by the engine dieing; the car would sound
>like it "wanted" to start, but could not. This has happened twice.
>I think that the problem is vapor lock: I live in Austin, TX, where the
>driving conditions are rather warm, and I have also read that the fuel line
>runs beside the heater box, causing the gas to overheat.
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>My question, then, is: is the problem vapor lock? And will insulating the
>fuel line with the material available from a parts store for this purpose be
>enough? Have any of the other drivers in the South (or other places) had,
>and successfully fixed, this solution? Or do I simply need to move North?
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>Stephanie Gibbs
>'77 MG Midget (Ebenezer 'Ebby' Peabody Doolittle)
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