Now that Summer is officially over I am finally getting some time away from
work to deal with my roadster problems. The first thing I need to attend to
is my wife's '70 1600 with all the emissions controls installed. I would
like some advice as to where to start.
A couple of months ago she was running errands awhile back and it started
acting like it was running out of gas. She managed to nurse it around the
corner and into a gas station where she filled the tank. It didn't take
much. She drove home, about two miles, with out a problem. The next day she
started out again and only made it about a 1/4 of a mile when the car
stopped running. She could not get it started. She managed to get it pushed
into a parking lot and let it sit until I got home that evening.
I tried to start it and it would not start. There was gas in the fuel filter
although I thought it looked a little low. Since I could not get it started
we pushed it the 1/4 mile back home. Our driveway is rather steep and we
only managed to push it about half way up before we could not push anymore.
I had Chris try to start it and it fired right up!! She drove it into the
garage where it has been sitting ever since. We have tried to start it a
couple of times and it starts but she doesn't want to try to go anywhere -
afraid it will let her sit again.
My first thought was "gunk" in the tank since pushing it up the steep
driveway seemed to make it start. Any advice as to where to start my
investigation would be appreciated.
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Jack Chris
'69 2000 '70 1600
SRL311-11273 SPL311-28456
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