I have had a 'stutter' on acceleration and cornering also. But only
sometimes. Then I looked at the cornering a little closer, and decided I
was only 'stuttering' in the corner when I was also on the gas in the
corner. But then I looked at the fact that at high RPMs, but not
accelerating, the 'stutter was not there. This lead me to believe the fuel
pump and fuel delivery system was working OK, as at high RPM I should be
drawing more fuel for longer than under acceleration. So I looked at the
spark as the next point.
Upshot of it was, I had a worn points plate. Under max vacume advance
(while accelerating) the worn plate was allowing the points to move away
from the ditributor shaft and points cam, thus loosing spark. But this
showed up only under hard acceleration. Could this fit your situation?
Wow, this post was an illiterate mess. Never reply to the list while
wolfing down lunch between phone calls...lol.
Darrell, in the High Desert of California
62 TR-4 CT 5368 LO (daily driver)
62 TR-4 CT 10440 L
62 TR-4 CT 13108 L (long term project)
65 Spit FC 51603 L
67 Spit FD 2890 L (daughters car)
77 Spit FM 62888 UC (other daily driver)
79 Spit FM 98233 UC (wifes car)
>In the last couple weeks, my '62 TR4 has 'stuttered' ocassionally in hard
>acceleration and cornering, and sometimes on neither. I assumed my carbs
>are
>catching some crud, and have the kits for a rebuild on the workbench. I
>cleaned
>the sediment bowl -- again -- and seem to have a good seal there.
>
>But after just replacing the fuel pump on the old Range Rover, the symptoms
>seemed familiar; the RR would falter at lights, and on the final day, would
>struggle and lose power. Could my TR4 symptoms -- intermittent stuttering,
>usually when stomping on it -- be consistent with a fuel pump problem, or
>should
>I stick with the carb rebuild?
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