thanks!
fuel pump seems fine
filter is brand new (and clear so I could see if it was dirty or
empty...it's neither)
gas cap is old, so it probably leaks anyway
ctp
>Try taking off the gas cap when this happens. Check fuel filter. Check fuel
>pump.
>
>> ----------
>> From: Christopher Palmer[SMTP:ctp@gbn.org]
>> Reply To: Christopher Palmer
>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 12:08 PM
>> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Weber trouble? It's back! HELP!!!
>>
>> OK...here we go...
>>
>> My midget developed what seemed to be a vacuum leak (won't idle, runs
>> rough). I took off the carb, checked it over, adjusted it, re-tightened
>> my manifolds, replaced the carb base gasket, re-installed the carb...it
>> worked fine for 2 days.
>>
>> Last night I stopped off for a few minutes at my parents' house...went
>> back
>> out to the car and the starter just barely turned over (this is a new
>> problem it has developed)...I waited a few minutes and it started right
>> up.
>> Then at the end of the block it developed the original symptoms
>> again...started idling around 500RPM and running rough. I nursed it
>> home...by the time I got to my driveway (5 miles later) it wouldn't idle
>> at
>> all. I left it at the bottom of my driveway for an hour. When I went
>> back
>> out I started it up, and it ran fine, and idled fine.
>>
>> What is going on?? Vacuum leak? Duff battery? Sun spots?
>>
>>
>> I had this online conversation with my mother this morning:
>> ==============================
>> >How did you fix it last time?
>> Took it all apart and put it back together.
>>
>> >It sounds like some connection is loose.
>> yes...the connection between a 30 year old MG and reliability!
>> ==============================
>>
>> Thanks
>> CTP
>>
>>
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