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1. my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: Ken Tharp <kthinc@dwx.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:02:27 -0500; I had something happen on Sunday that I am at a loss to diagnose. I'm hoping someone on the list has experienced this before and will know in what direction I should look. On Sunday, I was driving m; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00217.html (8,904 bytes)
2. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: ORMJIM@webtv.net (Jim Philpott); Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:04:58 -0700 (PDT); sounds like a plugged fuel filter. are you aware of the fuel filter in the trunk behind the cardboard liner that seperates the trunk from the fuel tank area?; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00219.html (7,490 bytes)
3. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A. RP2); Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:04:39; Ken, Ever thought about checking your fuel filter? Patrick Bowen '79 Spitfire Jacksonville FL; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00221.html (10,162 bytes)
4. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@idirect.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:39:17 -0400; Ken, have you ever cleaned out the gas tank? A friend of mine had a similar problem with his boat. The port engine would just quite for no explainable reason. We suspected that a piece of masking tap; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00222.html (10,592 bytes)
5. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A. RP2); Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:53:41; Ken, You said it was about three months ago that this problem started and then dissappeared, did it dissapear after the fuel filter was changed? It might possibly be that your tank is throwing massiv; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00223.html (9,095 bytes)
6. RE: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Mostrom, Paul" <Mostrom.Paul@principal.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:15:27 -0500; There was also a thread on the mailing list a couple of weeks back about a similar problem. It was finally discovered that there was something in the gas tank that got sucked up against the fuel pick; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00224.html (10,552 bytes)
7. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Dave Terrick" <dterrick@pangea.ca>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:37:38 -0500; does the phrase "original Lucas electronic ignition" mean anything to you?!? <G>... what you describe is common to <any> brand of ei as it fails. My TR6 with a Lumenition (years ago) acted much the; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00229.html (10,747 bytes)
8. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Jeffrey B. Williams" <jeffrey.williams@mci2000.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 06:26:01 -0400; I am not an expert, but when I went looking for a Spitfire, I went to a local expert for some lessons on how to check one out before buying. I think I remember him telling me that on some later model; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00233.html (11,013 bytes)
9. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 07:08:55 -0400; <snip> And Jim Philpott had the following thought: I have my own ideas based on fuel delivery. When inspecting the fuel filter for sediment, also check the rubber fuel lines. They could be bad. (Reme; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00235.html (9,772 bytes)
10. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: Thorn <tthorn@comp.uark.edu>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:20:19 -0500 (CDT); same problem, similiar fix - I just went to a mechanical setup rather than electronic. harve; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00237.html (8,375 bytes)
11. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Robb Tones" <robb_tones@bc.sympatico.ca>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 13:24:10 -0700; I had this same problem with my GT6 when I bought it. It had been in storage for 10 years with a half-full tank. There was so much varnish and rust in the tank that I had to change the filter every; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00238.html (9,133 bytes)
12. RE: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Gregory W. Smith" <gsmith@cvn.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 07:01:34 -0400; This sounds like it *could* be vapor lock. I insulated the metal fuel line coming in to the carb with a rubber hose and some zip ties and have had no such problems since. Gregory W. Smith http://www.; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00239.html (9,897 bytes)
13. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: Andrew Lindeman <drfaustus@london.crosswinds.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 13:49:54 -0400 (EDT); It was written: I had the same problem happen to me. I had just purchased the car. I rebuilt the carb, and it solved the problem. Andy L.; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00240.html (8,896 bytes)
14. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "G. Buss" <buss3@sympatico.ca>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:20:39 -0400; I had some what the same thing hapen to me \. I had an Allison ignition on at the time. 1978 Spithire; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00244.html (7,997 bytes)
15. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: Bob Norway <examiner@scci.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:39:42 -0400; Ken, Check your gas line from the tank, AND the vent line from tank to charcoal canister. If the vent line is blocked you won't get a gas flow. I found this out the hard way, when after experiencing; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00245.html (10,236 bytes)
16. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Victor B. Michael" <vmichael@enteract.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:17:30 -0500; This is an account of my problem - to the "T". It was the $2 or $3 fuel filter. Had me baffled and worried it would cost 100's times (okay - "lots more than") that. I was happy. Good Luck, Vic -- 197; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00247.html (10,131 bytes)
17. RE: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Gregory W. Smith" <gsmith@cvn.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:07:02 -0400; Good point. My 1980 has a dealer replaced Lucas module mounted beside the brake M/C, but there ate wires that *did* lead to the distributor that are now disconnected. Apparently a recall of sorts. Wo; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00254.html (11,860 bytes)
18. Re: my car stopped... (score: 1): Author: "Eric A. Yates" <eyates@earth.nwu.edu>; Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:09:12 -0500; Now my two cents... :) My car, a 78 Spit, had been retrofitted to a mechanical points-type distributor by the PO. I think these troubles with the stock unit was the reason for the switch. I remember; /html/spitfires/1998-10/msg00359.html (8,788 bytes)

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