Hi Scott,
Sounds like you have covered most areas. My experiences with my 76 with
your problem is to go back to the spark plugs and change them out. My
Zenith tends to saturate my plugs for whatever reason and it starts to miss
badly. Usually from just pulling the car in and out of the drive and not
running the car enough to dry out the plugs. This has happened several
times to me over the years and I start with the plugs instead of ending
there. I always keep a spare set of N9Ys on hand, at least until I can
change over to my rebuilt SUs. Good Luck, Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Regel <SRegel@dpra.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:57 AM
Subject: Spot!
> It was above 50 degrees out this morning so I decided to take "Spot" to
work
> this morning with the top down. Remember from earlier e-mails that Spot
is a
> 76 B with a cracked head and a major oil leak. As I pulled out on the
> expressway (370 in Maryland), Spot was running great until I got up to
about
> 50. Then it seemed like Spot lost her energy and it took alittle while to
> obtain 60. I just thought it was the hill I was climing. But as I
continued
> on to 270, Spot started to sound like an old VW Bug! She was definitely
only
> running on 2-3 cylinders. So I pulled off at the Shady Grove exit and
Spot
> was running rough...but no smoke or anything like that. It ran rough but
> still got me home with no problem..idled at 10K, oil pressure at 50-55.
When
> I got home I turned Spot off and then back on. Spot started right up, but
> was still running rough and making noises like a VW Bug. I look at her
this
> weekend. I took a quick look under the hood and didn't see any loose
plugs,
> coil or distributor wires. I have the ilumination electronic ignition.
Any
> insights...plugs just changed 2,000 miles ago with new plug wires. I'm
> trying to get Spot an engine rebuild this winter...I'm hoping to hold out
and
> still enjoy the last bit of good weather. Any advice is appreciated. Oh,
> Spot is also making a cyclical metallic noise lately when I go around a
right
> handed curve...noise from the rear. I would appreciate any insight on
that
> too...not tires rubbing...definitely metallic.
>
> TIA
>
> Scott
> 76 B
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