Hey guys
I may as well make a seemingly bad guess. The starter was the wrong one
and it was staying engaged into the flywheel. Thus the drag and getting
worse the more it was driven. Should have made noise though.
Steve K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Paulick" <larry.p@erols.com>
To: "Tiger Maill List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 3:21 PM
Subject: Guess the Problem
> Hi Guys. After putting a high torque starter last weekend, I went out
> for a drive.
>
> Car felt funny on normal acceleration, and the farther I drove, the
> worse it got. Started OK, idle OK, but on acceleration loss of power,
> but no backfire. Got worse over next 3 days of working on it. Here is
> what I did and found out.
>
> Electrical
>
> Mallory Magnetic distr, module tested and OK, vac advance Ok
>
> Mallory Promaster tested OK
>
> MSD 6AL disconnected, and still problem
>
> Ballast resistor tested OK
>
> All Grounds good, Optima battery good, alternator charging, Taylor 8mm
> good, plugs nice brown color on insulators, connections from ignition
> switch good.
>
> Fuel
>
> Carter elec pump tested for flow, and pumped approx 72 gph.
>
> Fuel tank pumped dry, and gas looked good, with no water, gas fresh from
> COSTCO high vol source.
>
> Fuel filter replace, but existing filter good.
>
> Fuel to carb flow good,
>
> Holley Double Pumper working with accelerator pump, and feed looked good.
>
> Filter in dual inlets in carg good.
>
> Called Holley,Mallory, and Summit, and only Holley said it sounded, as
> they heard the car running in the garage over the phone, like an
> electrical problem, not fuel, and like a rev limiter, but MSD
disconnected.
>
> Took me 3 days of tests, and really simple solution.
>
> Can You Guess?
>
> Larry
>
> BTW - With tanks dry, added 1.5 gal of gas, and gas guage registered at
> 0, and then filled it up at the gas station with 11 gal of gas after
> driving 6 miles on the 1.5 gal. Good to know there is some fuel left
> after it says empty, and that it really holds 12.5 gal.
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