08-20-2021, 09:02 PM | #1 |
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No power
Starts fine and idles fine but stumbles and no power under load replaced the condenser, no change. What’s next, coil, distributor? Seeking informed advice.
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08-20-2021, 09:22 PM | #2 |
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Re: No power
Does pulling out the choke help any at all?
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08-20-2021, 09:29 PM | #3 |
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08-20-2021, 09:37 PM | #4 |
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Re: No power
Have you worked on it recently? If so, what did you do?...
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08-20-2021, 10:16 PM | #5 |
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Re: No power
Lawson, I’m guessing that you have been experiencing a heat wave. Mechanical fuel pumps become less efficient in hot weather, having difficulty keeping up with the demands of the engine. Then too, debris may interfere with the pump’s check valves, or clog the carbuetor’s main jets. Yet another cause, also common, is the flex hose collapsing internally. Bottom line, fuel delivery can’t keep up, your engine stumbles.
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All this is assuming the carb is receiving fuel from the pump of course. Terry
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08-21-2021, 04:14 PM | #7 |
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It’s the carb. Called charley ny.
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08-21-2021, 08:24 PM | #8 |
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Lawson,
Nice talking to you this evening....... Charles Schwendler 5845 Cole Rd. Orchard Park, N.Y. 14127 Just in case your computer survives the [email protected] Thank you, Charlie ny |
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Thanks Charlie. (Sounds like a starfish tuna commercial. Sorry ‘bout that.
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08-22-2021, 03:26 PM | #10 |
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The heat wave we have been having affects the coil, particularly if it hasn't been rebuilt to use modern insulation instead of the original waxed paper. Heat causes resistance to rise reducing current flow. Time for a Skip's rebuild.
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I have a Skips coil. I now believe it’s probably the accelerator pump. Carb on its way to CharlieNY. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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08-23-2021, 10:53 AM | #12 |
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I have a skips coil. Carb on its way to charlieNY
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