re: 74 Cherokee Bucking/Cutting out Help Please
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re: 74 Cherokee Bucking/Cutting out Help Please
- From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:26:09 -0700
Could still be a fuel delivery problem. There is another filter in the tank. I
believe there is an access panel in the floor under the back seat.
Ken Ames
Quoting Steven Clark <javelin1973401@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello, thank you both for your reply. I intend to
> upgrade to the duraspark or some such electronic
> ignition system as soon as I have the bucks, This
> cherokee still had the breaker points ignition in it.
> I'm going to check all my ignition wires when get home
> tonight and make sure they look OK. Points are new
> and the dwell is set correctly. I did the duraspark
> upgrade on my Jav and was very happy with it.
> Steven Clark
>
>
>
>
> " From: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> "
> " I can't say for sure, however in '75 AMC had
> problems with their
> electronic
> " ignition systems and recalled them. I distinctly
> remember my '75
> Gremlin
> " doing the exact same thing. I don't know the entire
> process, however
> I believe
> " it was simply the case of splicing and removing the
> transistor?between the
> " distributor cap and coil.
> "
> " Someone else on the list may recall better then I
> do.
>
> the prestolite ign used a low voltage trigger signal
> that was very
> sensitive to connector corrosion, and contact grease
> wasn't widely
> known or used back then.
>
> the recommended fix was to splice the connector out of
> the wires.
> these days, contact cleaner and grease would probably
> do. or you
> could put a '78-up duraspark setup in, with a 'tfi
> tuneup' [srch the
> web].
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