Re: My husband screwed up my car!

[Sharon Zurflieh <zurf@emi.net>]

>Getting serious for a minute: electrics is a bit out of my range (what 
>isn't?) but perhaps your new stabilizer is somehow either bad or at least 
>has a bad (intermittent) connection(?).  It sounds like the problem only 
>arose after the swap?  Doubtful the radio has anything to do with it as it 
>sounds like the car ran fine with the new radio for about a year.  My '63 B 
>doesn't have a stabilizer (I regulate voltages by varrying rpm and high 
>beams  :-).  

There *is* no stabilizer.  He took it out and didn't replace it.

>
>Regarding the throttle problem: even on the later cars the linkage is 
>entirely mechanical (i.e. no drive by wire like in those F1 cars).  I'm 
>guessing you have a single Zenith carb?  Your throttle cable may be coming 
>unwound and hanging up in its casing(?)  Alternatively, can your 
>butterfly/throttle shaft be "dirty" and sticking?  Perhaps some carb 
>cleaner?  Zehring's rule: check the cheap stuff first.  

So why did this happen after the fuel pump/smog pump/stabilizer chain 
of events?  Is it just a coincidence?

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Sharon Zurflieh
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