Given the symptoms you describe, and the things you have already done, it
sure sounds like the coil is going bad. It's a relatively inexpensive part,
so if it were up to me, I'd change it, and I bet the problem will go away.
Let us know
Cris Hemingway
>From: Fred Dieterich <fdieterich@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Fred Dieterich <fdieterich@comcast.net>
>To: 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: TR6 1-HR "TERMINAL RIDES"
>Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 10:23:50 -0500
>
>Since early spring I have been trying to eliminate the this problem with my
>76TR6. I drove all through the winter and last fall with no problems (even
>a 600 mile trip from KC to Alabama). But when spring hit...well, I drive
>for about 30-45 minutes and it's as though I just "run out of gas." I
>replaced the fuel pump, inline filter, checked for crimps in the lines,
>water in the gas (poured in a water inhibitor) and everything works fine
>until the motor reaches and maintains a good running temperature. Then,
>out
>of nowhere, it's as if the gas was turned off! And it happens
>consistently.
>I have come home on a trailer 3-times in the last month only to find that
>it
>starts great and runs and I can actually drive off the trailer and into the
>garage, and even around the neighborhood a few times. I can drive the 7
>mile trip to work in the AM, on the way home in the afternoon, a mile or so
>from home, the ride terminates and the AAA card comes out. Or, I can just
>wait a few hours and come back and drive the car home.
>
>My hunch is that there is no problem with the coil (although, I have not
>replaced it). And the gas is good, as well as the new points and condenser
>I installed in the winter. I do suspect the temperature compensator in the
>ZS carbs. Has anyone had similar problems? Am I on the right course?
>When
>the car runs, it runs very well, so I don't suspect trash in the fuel lines
>or float problems. I get about 30 seconds warning prior to termination or
>"fuel starvation." I am really at a loss as to which way to turn.
>
>Fred Dieterich
>1976 TR6 BRG Survivor (CF51570-U)
>1972 TR6 Signal Red Driver (CC80349-U)
>1967 TR4A IRS Blues Project (CTC76173-L)
>http://www.tr-ific.com
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