How about this....... can you pinch the fuel line with a floor jack? Or
something similar?
Peter C
At 06:37 PM 7/23/99 , Chuck Ciaffone wrote:
>The thin here is:
>
>The car has been running really well for months.
>
>I drove it in for re-inspection after rebuilding the
>front end.
>
>When I drove it in, it was running really, really, really
>REALLY!!!! well.
>
>The inspector claims he never even popped the hood. Just
>checked the kingpin play.
>
>I drove it out and it started this uneven, jerky running as
>I drove it off the lot.
>
>What could've changed? Not gradual. Sudden.
>
>c
>
>Peter C. wrote:
>>
>> I think you're right to look at electrical. I suspect bad or loose coil
>> wire. Classic symptoms.
>> Peter C
>>
>> At 06:54 PM 7/23/99 , chuck wrote:
>> >Still running lousy. I cleaned and gapped the plugs,
>> >checked the point gap, set the dizzy to the fastest
>> >idle around 1200 rpm.
>> >
>> >1. starts right up fine.
>> >2. seems to idle pretty well around 900-1000.
>> >3. runs just great in reverse down the driveway.
>> >4. starts fine in 1st until the revs pick up.
>> >5. then runs rough, falters, stumbles as I accelerate,
>> > but with smooth spots here and there. Like an intermittent
>> > short or something.
>> >6. plugs 3 & 4 look great.
>> >7. plugs 1&2 sooty - dry black powdery stuff.
>> >
>> >Does this mean the front carb is now too rich?
>> >
>> >Maybe the "inspector" changed the front carb setting?
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