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 Posted: 10-13-2005 09:33 pm
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Joel

 

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 Ok, my fuel filters were in BAD shape. So I swapped them out. I drove around for 1/2 hour or so (all within a few blocks of home in case I need to push it back. . .) and it didn't die out. But, I'm still not convinced that was the problem. We'll see.

An interesting aside. After I got the filters changed and started back up again, the car had a really interesting spat of revving up and down between 0 and 2500-3000 rpm for a minute or two. Very odd as there certainly isn't any computer to go awry.

Now, my idle is up about 1-200rpms from where it was before. I suppose that maybe now the fuel is flowing more effeciently. . . . whatever.

Is there a filter actually inside the strombergs? Taking them apart may be the next move. I was hoping to get all the electrical 100% straightened out before I moved on. Now it's idling pretty well w/ only occassional misfires on #1. I know it's #1 because I put the timing light on all of the plug wires (sequentially) and #1 seems to be the only one that really misfires 'regularily'. But now 'regularily' is every 10-20 seconds (sounds like one miss) instead of just running intermittently.

Acceleration from 1-2,500 is still pretty weak and sometimes is bogging but at least she idles and if I don't put my foot into the carbs at that RPM range she seems to run ok.

And despite all my bitching I'm still having fun with it. I do wish I were driving it more than working on it but I knew she needed some sorting out when I got her. Overall she's really solid and once I get some of these bugs worked out(and she's reliable!)she's going to be even more fun.

I don't mind putzing and doing stuff I just wish I could drive her further than 10 blocks without worrying about some inexplicable problem popping up. But, I'm getting there.