Sputtering again

this is true, but if it has just started and has not burned the valve YET, it will hold that valve open more as the temputare rises, EVENTUALLY causing a burned valve that will cause a loss of power all the time. just check out the basics after all its just a over grown lawn mower engine, if you can fix a lawn mower engine you can fix one of these just more cylinders 3 things to check ignition, fuel delievery, compression

 

Steve,

Sweet tool, I really do not think the tank has crud, but I have been wrong so many times before. I am going to test fuel pressure tonight, I have never used my vac/fuel pressure tester for fuel pump pressure before so I guess now is a good as time as any, where is the best place to test it usually?

 

Note that electric fuel pumps tend to loose prime if they are mounted horizontal. Must be vertical or no more than a 45* angle. The output nozzle has to be above the inlet nozzle and some electric fuel pumps have an internal filter.

 

Ok, so the fuel pump is mounted inside the frame rail inline between the carb and fuel filter. It seems to be a cheepo type summit unit installed from the PO. at the carb inlet I have around 4.5/4.75 psi according to my pressure gauge. According to the manual (not taking into factor the solex) it should be no more than 3.5psi. Could this have caused an issue internal to the carb over a little bit of time that could lead to my initial problem?

 

Steve, yeah the setup goes Tank---->Inline Filter---->el cheepo fuel pump (unsure on interior filter)---->carb. I will see what I can find for a regulator. If this is the issue then why was it ok for awhile then crap again, wouldn't there have been an issue a soon as the po installed the pump?

 

I hear ya, I have one plug that looks diff than the rest so I am going to change plugs out and put a new wire on that cyl, also going to take a very close look at the fuel lines ie replacing most of them just cause I can, but since I am getting 4.5psi at the carb I can assume the pump is free and clear at least I would assume. Also I am going to pull the top of the carb off and see what that looks like. Will report back later today or tomorrow with my findings

 

I agree, I gotta find one that is oem like.... The glass bowl style is still installed on my jeep but the po just closed looped it onitself. Not sure the condition of it at all but it def needs to be cleaned

 

If you have a solex on there, You might want to
find out what pressure they recomend.
I just put a solex on my f134 and they said
1 3/4-2 lbs. Seems low but it runs great .
Hope you get it going soon.
Tom:?

 

Well, I will be a SOB....new plug wire on the cyl that looked a touch off and BINGO!!!!! purrs like a goshdamn kitten! Nice little difference the pertronix makes now that I can tell Time for a cold one after a cold drive

 

I've got a new one for sale.

 

Hallelujah!

 

I hear that man, couple weeks ago I chased a strobe problem all to find out that some jackass installed an inline fuse that was hidden and not in the diagrams

 

Good to hear it's back on the road.