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Re: Strange problem in Colorado.....

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Subject: Re: Strange problem in Colorado.....
From: sbrborg@umslvma.umsl.edu (Brian Borgstede)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 11:53:38 -0600
Nick,
Get a glass fuel filter and put it up near the carb(s).
I have done this on all my old cars (and a boat).
When the car dies for no reason you can tell if you are pumping fuel.


>Nick wrote;
>>My '75 Spit has an interesting problem where it just dies while driving
>>along and won't restart after a fair amount of driving.
>>I'm about 99% certain that it's not a gas problem since it's COMPLETE
>>failure as though someone has removed the key!  (It's quite dangerous to be
>>honest!!) (I don't think it's vapor lock though).
>>When I attempt to restart it, it will fire and die, fire and die.  If I then
>>return to it when it has cooled down, it fires and runs fine.
>
>   I had a '74 Spitfire that had a partial fuel line blockage.  Whenever the
>car
>died, it too seemed like the ignition had been switched off.


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