I would look along the lines of fuel starvation based on the symptoms you
describe.
I had a similar situation, except I let myself get stranded three times!
Lucky for me I didn't call a wrecker because I had time to wait. Probably
used up all the free waiting time I have for the rest of my life. Ohh and
it was on my 1968 Volvo 122 (dual HS6). The second two times were within 10
minutes of driving, but the first came out of the blue after a day of
driving, where I had just fill the tank after letting it get unusually low.
Two things I did, and I'm not sure which fixed it.
1. Blew compressed air into the fuel line, in reverse direction. (Note:
open your gas cap before you do this, and put a rag over the top in case
fuel sprays out)
2. Replaced the fuel pump and put a new filter on each side. (Volvo dealers
actually stock parts for these old cars in CA because so many survive)
Have not had a problem since. Best I can figure is that the pump was not
strong enough to pull the fuel through the crud that had built up in the
tank. Eventually/perhaps/maybe I will get around to cleaning the tank out.
Good luck
Keith Meinhold
66 Marston Avenue
San Francisco CA 94112
415 585 5998 H
415 336 5336 C
415 836 7775 W
http://www.navyboy.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Walt Philipson
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 6:00 PM
To: Triumph 6 Pack (E-mail)
Subject: it just quit
Dear listers
I think this happened to someone else on the list recently, but I can't find
the thread. My wife and I were headed out to run some errends this
afternoon, when about 2 miles from home the engine just quit. I had just
accelerated to about 50 mph, was going down a hill, and it quit. blah. I let
the clutch out a few times to try to re-start, and it just turned over like
the ignition was turned off. All of the gauges looked normal. I checked the
electical connections and found I at least had power to the coil. I opened
the distributor cap and it seemed as though the points were not opening. I
adjusted them by eye to make sure they were at least closing and opening
some. Put it back together and nothing. Waited about 20 minutes to see if it
would start. nothing. Tried again, got a little kick. Started, idled but
wouldn't rev, then quit. I finally gave up and called a wrecker. 45 bucks
later, I jump in the car as it's coming off the ramp truck, hit the ignition
and it starts right up. Drove it into the garage and parked it.
I filled the tank yesterday, but had let it go down lower than usual. (Not
sure I trust that gauge!) Could I have sucked in some crud and cloged the
fuel filter? Bad coil? Any ideas?
Walt Philipson
'74 TR6
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