<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Continued----I will next take her out on the road--and if she shut down on me again I'll try to get a quick spark test. Other than what I've done, not sure what happens next if she shuts down and I have spark. There is an auto-electric place near me--might consider taking here there.</div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Tom Felts" <tomfelts@windstream.net><br><b>To: </b>"healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 20, 2023 10:46:07 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>update on shutdown issue<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div> <div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Since having the car towed home I have checked all connections in the ignition system, pulled the distributor base plate out and cleaned it--the the two pieces were very tight. I have let her run in the garage for long periods of time and she has not shut down again so I haven't been able to check spark. </div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">When it did shut down, it wouldn't take long before she would start again then shut down. Then start, then shut down. </div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">I know my trial and error method wasn't the best approach, but without being able to check spark it seemed appropriate to change out components. </div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Tell me if my analysis is correct on this. I thought it might be a fuel supply issue. So---I pulled the float bowl covers and all was ok there--also pulled and cleaned the carbs. If the float bowl jets were stuck in a closed position it would get no gas and eventually shut down---but---both would have to stick so each carb wouldn't get gas. this seems like an unlikely condition.</div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">If they were stock in the open position it would be dumping gas out of the overflow tubes---so, again, unlikely since it would still run. I have already changed fuel filter and blew out the line. The pump pumps normally and each time I pulled the float bowl caps, they have been full of gas. So--I have basically ruled out fuel starvation as a cause. </div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> </div><div style="color:#000000;font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">in the garage she sits and purrs forever with no shutdown------so, as I mentioned, I can't ch spark</div> </div></div><br></div></div></body></html>