Now I really need some help from the list! On Friday night my '69 Midget started stalling on the highway like it was starved for gas, sort of like the the fuel pump was cutting in and out. After a fe
Just a thought here, and this happened to one of my cars out at Sprite Rush. The gas cap vent rusted closed. When I opened the gas cap it burped and the car started and ran fine. I cleaned off the ru
you say it starts fine but dies when it gets warm. Also a lot of unburnt gas comes out of the exhaust. I say somehow your Weber is creating a rich mixture. What kind of choke circuit does it have? C
Author: "Geoffrey P. Muttart" <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca>
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:30:21 -0300
I've experienced the same problem and was stumped until I tried a coil from a friend's Austin that I knew worked properly. It turned out that the spare coils I tried all suffered from the same malad
One way to check the coil is very simple. Run the car until it stumbles or dies. CAREFULLY put one hand on the coil. If it's hot, it's suspect, especially if it is hotter than, say, the valve cover.
Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:08:28 -0400
On 5/27/98 3:59 PM so and so Ulix Goettsch said. (And I quote) In fact, the instructions I got from Pierce w/ my new Weber tell you to adjust/setthe floats prior to trying to start the car, after ins