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Re: Scratching my head

To: Scott Family <rscott213@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Scratching my head
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:29:50 -0500
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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1st Issue:  Check your fuel pump.  It may be delivering enough fuel for 
regular traffic, but not quite enough to keep up with 3500 RPM.  As the 
float bowls empty, the mixture will lean out.  It's possible I suppose 
that it leans out just to the point that the fuel pump can just barely 
keep up, but not catch up.

2nd Issue:  Check the seals under the washer pump jets and the 
windshield wipers.

HTH!

Chris K

Scott Family wrote:

>Hi all, could use a little advice/insight on 73 midget.  I'm not much of a
>mechanic, but I'm learning little by little.  Here is what happens.
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>Start her up runs fine, warms up drive around, get on freeway.  RPMs up to a
>steady 3500 for about two minutes and then she starts to cut out badly, but
>it only seems to be on 2 cylinders.  If I keep the rpms up I can limp home.
>Thought I may have had bad gas, water gas, used some HEAT to no effect.
>Checked Dash pots, fine.  Changed plugs, problem still occurs.  Once I'm off
>the freeway about 2 miles the problem goes away?
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>2nd issue.  I've replaced the almost all of the seals and still can't get
>rid of a leak behind the dash.  I live in the Seattle area so you can see
>that it would be important. This happens even when sitting in the drizzle.
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>Help.
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>Thanks
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>Rob





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