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Subject: [Roadsters] Datsun - Can't figure it out
From: Jim Gammon <gtpjimgammon@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 07:51:54 -0700 (PDT)
   I am hoping someone has seen the same symptoms.

   I completely rebuilt my engine, and had the carbs rebuilt. The
   distributor is new.

   I fired it up, and she ran. Wonderful.

   Over the past month, I tuned it as best as I could. It was running
   fine parked.

   Today, I took her out, and she ran very well, for about a mile, then
   she started acting up. First, she would not idle, then I had to keep
   the rpms above 2000 or she'd stall, but the time I got home, another
   mile later, she was barely running.

   Now she will not start. I can get her to kick over on starting fluid,
   she will sputter and even rev up for a moment, and then nothing I do
   with the throttle keeps he from reving right back down to a stall.

   She does have old gas, it is quite yellow. BUT when I removed the fuel
   line to the carbs, there is plenty of fuel flow from the gas pump. I
   do have the return line connected.

   I checked the points, fine. The distributor has not come loose. Vacuum
   lines are fine.

   The only thing I changed was to set the idle up a bit.

   The plugs look fine, except a bit sooty at the edges.

   I walked away from it, I just cannot figure it out. My next trick will
   be to use a separate gas can as a fuel source.

   Jim
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