Sounds like you have flakes in the gas tanks plugging the center cross tube
outlet hole.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Clivepococ(at)aol.com>
To: <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:51 PM
Subject: Bitter Sweet day
> Thought you might like to hear about my Sunbeam day today. Having freed
the
> clutch and feeling rather brave I drove my 4 year old to school this
morning
> in Half Moon Bay - a distance of about 3 miles round trip - his little
face
> was an absolute picture as he squealed with delight at the prospect of
> driving in Daddy's little red car. When we arrived he asked if Daddy would
> take him to school in the little car more often!! Definitely a moment to
> relish..now for the bad bits. Having tasted the sweet taste of daily
sunbeam
> driving I thought I would be very adventurous and drive over the 'hill'
that
> separates us from the more suburban side of the San Francisco Peninsula
area.
> It is a beautiful drive , past fields of flowers and farms up through the
> hills and over to see the panorama of San Francisco in the distance, the
> airport , reservoirs etc..brilliant!! The car was doing fine until I got
to
> around San Mateo - where I work, a distance of about 14 miles or so...and
the
> car engine started to splutter and lose power - picking up then dropping
off
> until it just coasted to a halt - several attempts to restart eventually
> succeeded and I pulled out on to the road and accelerated only to have the
> same thing happen again and again (about 15 agains in total). I couldn't
find
> anything wrong - I have just checked the timing and it is spot on , new
spark
> plugs as well- anyway I eventually got myself through stopping and
starting
> to an area of many car repair shops - only to be turned away by every
single
> one.- no experience with Sunbeams and no desire to even look. In the end I
> had the humbling experience of retracing my steps back over the mountain
with
> the Sunbeam attached to the back of a tow truck - all for the bargain
price
> of $ 85....what an end to the day...
>
> Well if you made it this far ...do you have any thoughts on a diagnosis
..I
> assume fuel or ignition ..but wondered if anyone else might be more
specific.
> Strange thing happened on one of my many restarts - the passenger side
brakes
> seemed to be squealing - like they were locked on - I don't suppose the
> brakes could lock on to such an extent that forward motion is stopped and
it
> makes it seem like no power? BTW whilst stationary the engine seems
fine....
>
> Any help gratefully accepted...
>
> Thanks
> Clive
>
>
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