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

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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.


If you fiddled fuel lines etc on that side of the motor it could even be 
something mechanically intermittent, like loose coil wire, etc. 
Electrical stuff can be crappy for years then drop dead all at once...


> 
> --
> 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! "
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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