Re: [Amc-list] Weber 32/36 DGEV Issue

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I misread that too!
  I'd start by checking plugs, cap, rotor, wires, etc; even if new.
It sounds like the spark is getting lost under load.
  I've chased that condition around before.

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

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From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tom,
> 
> You  misread my second email.  8-)  It's doing the same thing today, with the 
> regulator removed.  It's a Mr. Gasket regulator, by the way.  
> 
> I've been fiddling with it all morning and getting nowhere.  The only other 
> things I had changed were to clean the air filter and adjust the idle 
> mixture.  I checked the idle mixture again, and I might have had it a tad 
> rich, but I wouldn't expect that to cause this problem.  
> 
> The regulator may just be coincidence.  Could this be a clutch issue?  
> Everything seems normal on flat ground or moderate hills.  No slippage or 
> chatter.  On a long hill (I think it's close to half a mile long) the problem 
> shows up about two-thirds of the way up the hill.  At that point I'm in third 
> gear doing about 35.  The problem occurs more often on steeper hills.  
> 
> I have a couple of oil leaks that I haven't been able to track down.  Could 
> this be oil dripping out of the rear main seal onto the clutch?  
> 
> Todd
> 
> On Monday 17 November 2008 11:14, Tom Jennings wrote:
> > Todd Tomason wrote:
> > > The same thing just happened trying to go to work, without the regulator.
> > >  So obviously that's not the problem.  What would cause a car to buck
> > > going up hill?
> >
> > Many things; but if it really tracks the regulator in/out bucks/no buck
> > then you already isolated it...
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