Many thanks to all those who responded with ideas to fix the problem with
Bill's Plus 4. If you missed the original thread, the symptoms were:
> Bill Phillips' really nice 61 Plus 4, that
> lives across the street, is throwing a tantrum. After driving a few miles
> it will start to stumble, sputter and almost dies. Then it comes back to
life
> for a few moments and repeats the process.
Most replies pointed to the coil, which is what I was leaning towards. Others
noted a bad condenser, clogged fuel pickup tube, and oil coming up the
distributor shaft. Since Bill picked up a new coil, we went ahead and changed
it. One block later we knew that wasn't the fix. As BIll had already gone
thru tank draining, filters etc,. I decided to take the float chambers
apart....
Add another one to your lists. As soon as I pulled the top on the rear carb,
I knew I had found the problem area, it had about half as much fuel as the
front float bowl. The rear carb had a tiny blob of goo in the vent tube for
the float chamber. Gentle air flow didn't move it but a sharp blast would. I
cleaned it out & put things back together. The goo was acting as a high flow
check valve. Problem solved and it was apparent pulling out of the drive,
the engine had a slightly sharper bark.
Thanks again for all the suggestions
Cheers.
Ken Payne, 63 Plus 4
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