Hi Barrie,
Nice story!
USA spec B's and Midgets have from certain years separate tank ventilation
as part of Evaporate Loss system.
So the tank filler cap in this case has no ventilation gap which might
become clogged.
My ex Calif '71 BGT has not vent hole in the cap as well.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Robinson" <barrier@bconnex.net>
To: <Daybell7@aol.com>; <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: Vapor Lock?
> I MAY have a solution!
>
> Many many moons ago my father and mother were driving down from Ashington
> (Northumberland in the UK) to see my wife and I in Hockley, Essex. The
car
> kept stopping but would restart after a while and way they would go - but
> it happened again, and again, so they called into several garages en route
> but none could find a fault. UNTIL they reached this one outside
> Chelmsford where the garage owner went into ecstasy. He had had the same
> problem and had taken him weeks to find the cause. He gleefully asked if
> my Dad had had any paint work done on the car to which the reply was yes -
> someone had pranged the rear. The garage owner took my father to the
back
> and showed him the gas (petrol) cap as well as the paint blocking the tiny
> air vent hole. He explained that with it blocked a vacuum was formed in
> the tank and when it got too high the pump could no longer pump fuel.
With
> the engine stopped the air slowly wheezed back in allowing the pump to
pump
> once more - and the engine would run again....until
>
> I do hope this is your problem !!! Tell me if it does - My late father
> would have been delighted
>
>
> At 11:51 AM 4/18/2004, Daybell7@aol.com wrote:
> >Thanks again, Paul. It runs fine for 30 minutes, but when I stop for a
short
> >while, it starts but runs poorly and will stall. After sitting for a
longer
> >period, it will run fine again. Any ideas what else I can check besides
the
> >vapor lock route?
> >
> >Steve Hughes
> >Gainesville, FL
> >
>
> Regards
> Barrie
>
> Barrie Robinson
> barrier@bconnex.net
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