Re: [gremlintime] Thanks for the tip Paul! :-)

[James Johnson <rooster1@xxxx>]

mr freddie..
my 1977 gremlin did what ur explainin to everyone...it ran fer while real
good
i checked and changed everything i could think off plus help from others..i
finally took out the fuel tank and had it boiled out at a radiator shop put
new
fuel lines on the tank itself and filled it up with new fuel and she has ran
like
champ ever since...."this is a sugguestion to think about ok" james-

{onehorsetrader}..
ps-this was about a new ago...

fredrick_bc_westerncanada wrote:

> much appreciated! However, I changed the fuel filter yesterday so
> that eliminates the filter as the problem. The previous owner had
> installed a manual choke on the carb (the original was electric. The
> car ran fine when I got it and drove the 200 miles home and for
> several days after that. In the past few days I noticed a slight
> hesitation when accelerating even lightly. The problem became
> progressively worse. Sometimes I have to wait a minute after it
> stalls as it will crank but won't start...then it idles fine again,
> goes into drive fine and goes the usual 5mph on its own but try
> giving it some gas and it will hesitate, spit and eventuall stall.
>
> There is a carb specialist shop nearby. Gonna go there to see what
> they say. Also might try a can of carb spray cleaner. Might be
> gummed up in there. I had thought about bad fuel as the car sat
> awhile before I bought it but if it was that I don't think it would
> have run so well up until now. Going to test something from my
> manual...check the accelerator pump with engine not running, air
> cleaner removed...tug quickly on the throttle to full open to see if
> there are streams of gas evident through the pump discharge nozzle. I
> hope there isn't! *LOL*...
>
> Freddie
>
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