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Re: Still No Joy

To: "Larry G. Miller" <millerls@classic.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Still No Joy
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 15:22:56 -0800 (PST)
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
In-reply-to: <UPMAIL06.199711292153520386@classic.msn.com>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Larry,
what kind of fuel pump are you using?  
Is there a possibility of too much fuel pressure?

With tongue in cheek: I promise not to send replies to your posts to you
AND the list if you promise to spell Weber with one "b" :-)
Sorry, but to me that's almost as bad a "Porsch"... 

Ulix


On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Larry G. Miller wrote:

> Its been a while since I last posted a message on the subject of Bugeye and 
> it's steady speed miss.  For those of you who were not here and to refresh 
> those of you who were:
> 
> When driving at a steady RPM (any speed in 4th gear) the car will run fine 
>for 
> a few minutes and then start to miss.  I can simulate this miss by pulling 
>the 
> choke all of the way out.  When it starts missing I can press the clutch in 
> and let the engine go to idle and it stops missing and will run fine for a 
>few 
> minutes and then do it again. With the accelerator wide open it never does 
>it. 
> I held it on the floor for about 5 miles on the freeway (actually passed a 
>few 
> cars) and it ran fine the whole time. A couple of minutes after I backed off 
> it started to miss, mashed the clutch, let it go to idle, and it stopped.
> 
> I have swapped out every major part and nothing makes any difference.  It 
>does 
> it with the Webber(new) or the SU's(rebuilt), an internal resistance 
>coil(old) 
> or and external resistance coil(new), a stock type Lucas distributor (old) or 
> an Aldon yellow(new), new plug wires or old plug wires and new plugs or old 
> plugs.  I have also tried various combinations of the above.
> 
> I checked the float level in the Webber and in the SU's and they are all o.k.
> 
> Any and all thoughts on this will be appreciated.
> 
> Larry Miller
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
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                                                           '67 Sprite


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