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Re: all pop, no go

To: sandhoff@compctr.ccs.csus.edu, matt_monday@juno.com
Subject: Re: all pop, no go
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:48:27 EDT
All,

I had a similar problem with a roadster back when I was in school.  My 
problem turned out to be a dashpot piston that was not centered in the dome. 
  Under certain conditions, it would "lock down" and I would experience the 
symptoms that Matt is describing.  If the carbs have ever been disassembled, 
this could be a possible culprit.

Sid Raper


>From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@compctr.ccs.csus.edu>
>Reply-To: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@compctr.ccs.csus.edu>
>To: matt w Monday <matt_monday@juno.com>
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: all pop, no go
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:17:58 PST8PDT
>
>Matt wrote:
> > ...I need some help with my roadster.  ...on the way home yesterday
> > I was turning in to a side street and went to step on the gas and it
> > started popping and wouldnt go anywhere.
>
>Sounds like a fuel flow problem to me. When you started it up later,
>did it start right away, or did it take a few cranks (what would be
>required to pump fuel into the carbs). When did you last check the
>fuel filter? Disconnect it and shake the gas out of the inlet side (DON'T
>do this near sparks or flames!). If you shake out much junk along with the
>gas, I'll bet on a clogged filter.
>
>-- John
>      John F Sandhoff   sandhoff@csus.edu   Sacramento, CA


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