lord lucas coughed.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'63 Buick 215
On Wed, 3 May 2000, Chris Kotting wrote:
> Okay here's a puzzler for you all. As I'm driving in to work this
> morning ('77 Midget, 1500, original ZS carb, desmogged, Crane xr-700
> ignition on original OPUS distributor, otherwise stock), I slow down for
> some traffic, and the engine DIES.
>
> No stumble, no sputter, just dies. I coast to the side of the road, hit
> the flashers, and hop out to investigate. The coil and Crane amplifier
> are cool to the touch, all connections on ignition circuit are secure,
> but I give them an extra "push" to make sure. (Elapsed time from
> shutdown to this point, under 60 seconds)
>
> Decide to crank it over to listen for anything unusual, and it STARTS.
> Runs fine. (There's a slight hesitation coming off idle, but I know I
> need to replace the o-ring in the bottom of the carb damper, so I figure
> I'm going low on damper oil.) Takes me the rest of the way into the
> office with no troubles.
>
> Any thoughts on what happened?
>
> Chris Kotting
> ckotting@iwaynet.net
>
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