My recently-purchased '77B has become quite a headache. I wouldn't
try so hard to keep the thing on the road if it didn't look so good.
Here's the progression of events:
A few weeks ago the car started to run rough. It would occasionally
misfire or suffer a loss of power when I would accelerate to highway
speeds or to climb hills. This happened, by the way, the day after it
passed Texas' safety & emissions inspection for the first time.
The misfire and loss of power turned to horrible backfiring and
sometimes flames out of the carb.
The PO did a lot of modifications including: removing all emissions
control equipment (I have no idea how it passed the test), installing
a Weber Carb, and, a recent discovery, a contactless electronic
ignition system.
The car won't even start at this time. I replaced the distributor cap
and rotor, and fixed the pickup on the contactless ignition system.
The plugs are sparking and the engine is turning - it just won't fire
up. The choke and throttle on the carb both check out.
A strange happening: occasionally the carb spits fuel out of the air
intake as the engine is being cranked.
Any thoughts?
Brian Wancho
brian@whc.net
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