Steve, sorry starter not the problem. See 2 clues, and you will get it.
Larry
PS - Those coming to the TE/AE Crab Feast will be quizzed before eating,
drinking and TACing. Kidding.
Remember this Sat at Tom Calverts place. Those guys, 4 so far, or late
shows, see me when you get there to schedule your car for TACing.
J & E Motors wrote:
> Hey guys
> I may as well make a seemingly bad guess. The starter was the wrong one
> and it was staying engaged into the flywheel. Thus the drag and getting
> worse the more it was driven. Should have made noise though.
> Steve K
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Paulick" <larry.p@erols.com>
> To: "Tiger Maill List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:21 PM
> Subject: Guess the Problem
>
>
>
>>Hi Guys. After putting a high torque starter last weekend, I went out
>>for a drive.
>>
>>Car felt funny on normal acceleration, and the farther I drove, the
>>worse it got. Started OK, idle OK, but on acceleration loss of power,
>>but no backfire. Got worse over next 3 days of working on it. Here is
>>what I did and found out.
>>
>>Electrical
>>
>>Mallory Magnetic distr, module tested and OK, vac advance Ok
>>
>>Mallory Promaster tested OK
>>
>>MSD 6AL disconnected, and still problem
>>
>>Ballast resistor tested OK
>>
>>All Grounds good, Optima battery good, alternator charging, Taylor 8mm
>>good, plugs nice brown color on insulators, connections from ignition
>>switch good.
>>
>>Fuel
>>
>>Carter elec pump tested for flow, and pumped approx 72 gph.
>>
>>Fuel tank pumped dry, and gas looked good, with no water, gas fresh from
>>COSTCO high vol source.
>>
>>Fuel filter replace, but existing filter good.
>>
>>Fuel to carb flow good,
>>
>>Holley Double Pumper working with accelerator pump, and feed looked good.
>>
>>Filter in dual inlets in carg good.
>>
>>Called Holley,Mallory, and Summit, and only Holley said it sounded, as
>>they heard the car running in the garage over the phone, like an
>>electrical problem, not fuel, and like a rev limiter, but MSD
>
> disconnected.
>
>>Took me 3 days of tests, and really simple solution.
>>
>>Can You Guess?
>>
>>Larry
>>
>>BTW - With tanks dry, added 1.5 gal of gas, and gas guage registered at
>>0, and then filled it up at the gas station with 11 gal of gas after
>>driving 6 miles on the 1.5 gal. Good to know there is some fuel left
>>after it says empty, and that it really holds 12.5 gal.
>>
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