I recommend chucking that trouble-prone electronic
pump and getting a nice reliable stock mechanical one. :-)
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 08:58 AM 7/20/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Over the past 3 or 4 days, I've had an incident where driving my
>spitfire...where the car just seems to lose it's power and stalls out.
>
>It doesn't appear to happen any place in particular (up or down hill), or at
>any specific speed .
>This morning, it happened again. The car felt like it was losing power, so I
>coasted into a near by parking lot, and tried to give it a bit of throttle
>and then choke, but the Revs slowly continued to drop until it finally hit
>around 400rpms and then konked out.
>
>In every incident, I turn off the ignition, and restart the car and it
>starts right up. And it takes throttle fine, and I'm on my way.
>
>I'm thinking it might be my electronic fuel pump. (I can't hear whether or
>not it's running when the car is running due to the monza exhaust). It (the
>fuel pump) definately kicks on when I turn the ignition on.
>
>Any clues as to how I can diagnose this? (assuming it happens again, and I'm
>sure it will...it's a Triumph after all).
>
>Terry L. Thompson
>Still praying for a job in Flagstaff
>'76 spit 1500
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