Derek, sorry if I lead you astray, but it was fun and very educational.
It reinforces that the basics should always be checked, and then on to
the other solutions.
I wish you luck with your brake work, as I have been at it for 3 years.
Getting closer. I need to find a rear caliber with 1.75" piston, and
mechanical emergency brake caliber, in a car that is available here in
the US. So far no luck.
Did you eliminate the booster in your system? I have and redid the
brake pedal to get a 6:1 ratio, like a non boosted system. Much easier
to use brakes now. Tiger pedal is 4:1, like most power brakes.
Larry
Derek White wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> Thanks for the puzzles and the time taken to reply to us all. I suspect I'm
> not the only one confused. Your original post is below and I do recall you
> saying many times "The key is in the message, but not the normal problem."
> "Think, what is happening, and it is so simple. The clue is there" -- I
> beg to differ. Your loose distributor was completely unrelated to installing
> the new starter but from the wording of your puzzle most of us understood
> that this was somehow related to your problem. No fair, I want my money
> back.. and a medal for the most creative solution, and an apology for mental
> torture caused by diversionary tactics, and... :-)
>
> I enjoyed reading everyones ideas and stretching my grey matter too. Without
> the "new starter" we may have got a complete checklist of "things you'd
> never think of that can be a real headache to diagnose." This list is an
> education.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Larry Paulick
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:22 AM
> To: Tiger Maill List
> 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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