Hmm good thought. But it runs for less than a minute now? Origionally (hour
or two ago) it went for sometime before shutting down. I had thought a new
sports coil would look good under that hood though.
Thanks, I am out for one more go and then saddly push her into her resting
spot inside. <BS> (that would be big sigh)
Safety not so Fast
Andy P & his stuborn 77B
> I had intended to sent this to everyone
>
> my best guess is your coil. If the car dies like you shut it off it is
> doubtful that it is fuel. Fuel tends to sputter and die. You probably
> have a short in your coil and when it gets hot it shorts and croaks, once
> it cools it gets better again. I have been through this on 3 coils and
> each did exactly what you describe. When the car dies, feel the coil if
> it is much more than warm it is the problem. One time we needed to get to
> a show so when the coil died we immediately iced it down and it would fire
> right back up, so try that and if the car will restart, more confirmation
> of the problem. Nice part is, a replacement coil is cheap. I just put
> one in and it cost me $10.
>
> James Nazarian
> '71 B roadster
> '71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
> '63 Buick 215
>
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Andrew Proudfoot wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > Twas a proud day in Gander as the 77 rolled out of the garage, had all
its
> > fluids changed, plugs out, turned over, plugs in, started right up!!!!!!
> > :-)) <VBG> Even got that great smell of burning Castrol as I had spilled
a
> > little putting it in. All is well in the world right? Wrong. After about
~1
> > min she shut off as if some one had turned the key off. So much for the
> > grin. :-(
> > Best I can tell there is fuel pumping to the carbs (disconected the line
and
> > pumped some in a cup) new gas too as the tank was drained before the
body
> > work started, and their is spark. There is no reason that the timing
would
> > be off. I managed to get it going again a couple of times and it ran for
> > about 5 minutes once with me playing with the throttle than it died the
same
> > death.
> > I figure I have a piece of dirt in a carb needle? What do the experts
think?
> > If so I have no idea how to get to such dirt. Let alone get rid of it.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Safety (not so) Fast
> > Andy P. 77B
> > Gander, Nfld
> >
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