On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Eddie
Stakes wrote:
Hi Jimn and thanks tot all
who have replied so far, a lot of excellent
advise. Here is
what I have replaced:
New carb $250
New
ignition module $70
spark plugs
rotor
cap
It runs great but still
conks out for no reason sometimes, most recently
today.
I was driving along I-10 feeder road and it
felt like it sort of lost power,
then regained
compusure.
On top of the manifold directly behind the power
steering unit something
that screws into the intake from top
and a wire goes into it. The unit is
broken, not sure what
it might be, maybe O2 sensor?
In back of the breather
there is two provisions for something that on my
other 88
Eagle; has two emission tubes. These are not hooked up to anything
and looking under car there is nothing to hook them up to if they
were
there, in other words, they were bypassed at some
point.
The car seems to have lots of pep with 78K miles.
It is just that this
sputtering sometimes or outright dying
is annoying. Someone else mentioned
it is something in the
steering column, somehting I have not heard before.
So
slowly will figure this out, and again, thanks to all who have replied
on
the various lists, keep ideas coming,
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com -----
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From: "Jim Blair" <
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Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:09 PM
Subject: RE:
[AMC-list] eagle dies at stops signs/lights
I've had
that stalling problem with my Spirit (and Eagles and Jeeps)
several
times too.
First it was the carb
being loose (grab ahold of the body of the carb
with the
aircleaner off and see if you can twist it. If the answer is yes,
pop it off and re-tighten the main body screws up from the bottom and
the
other 2 from the top. Replace base gasket and don't bang
carb upside down!
That will mess with the float level). The
weight of the air cleaner, which
is held down only by the
air cleaner stud, rocks back and forth and loosens
the
screws.
Then the stepper motor was sticking (cleaned it
out with throttle body
cleaner. NOTE: Do NOT use WD40 or
anything else with silicon lube in it!
That will kill the O2
sensor that makes the BBD function properly and will
cost
you fuel economy. If you don't have the stepper, then it doesn't
matter)
Then the rust in the gas tank clogged up
the carb, filters, etc. I took
the top off the carb, reset
the float and sprayed everything clean along
with a new
filter. (I had to do it twice more before I added another inline
filter and sediment bowl before the fuel pump)
The
car got hard to start when cold and it puzzled me as the choke was
perfect. Found out the rust had eaten (or jammed) the valves in the
fuel
pump and allowed the fuel to go back to the tank after
shut off. New fuel
pump and fresh pre-filter again. (I
recently cured that rust problem with a
good used
replacement fuel tank, but now it needs a sending unit as I was
lubing my old one and accidentally dropped it. Now it only reads full
to 3/4
tank)
I've had a few other things
happen before too. Ignition module going
south was one. With
the motor warmed up, smack the Motorcraft module with a
rubber mallet. If the car shuts off, replace the module.
Another was a torque converter going bad. Put the car in forward gear
and
even the slightest gas would make it stall. Worked fine
in reverse. The fix
was to drop the valve body and plug off
the line to the lockup converter (S
shaped tube on top of
'77ish and newer Mopar style trans) with a large BB.
That
defeats the lockup, doesn't cost much (except time, a trans
service
kit, a BB and the seal for the shifter linkage
shaft. The linkage has to be
removed and re-adjusted to work
properly when done. I highly suggest
pressure washing to
degrease the driver's side of the trans before working
on
it)
As for the Nutter Bypass, a google search will show
it on may sites
including my own old one at Geocities.
(photos got messed up with mine)
Loud internal noises
can cause the knock sensor (which is really just a
microphone tuned to certain sound wavelength) to radically retard
timing and
can cause stalling too.
From:
"Eddie Stakes"
Subject: [AMC-list] eagle dies at stops
signs/lights
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Somewhere on the Eagle nest forum, there is/was a thread about AMC
Eagle
dying for no reason at stop signs and stop lights
Always cranked right back
up no problem, but more of a
annoyance than anything. For some reason I
thought it had
something to do with carb, but unsure. Anyone remember the
link or thread about that feel free to post it here so I can go check
it
out, to troubleshoot a Eagle. Thanks in advance to all
who might reply.
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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