[tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down.......

  • From: 71Westy@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:54:26 +0000 (UTC)

Have not messed with the shifter plate.... 

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Dwan" <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:29:46 PM 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down....... 



Have you messed with the shifter stop plate recently? 


James 


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From: Denis <coocoo@xxxxxxx> 
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 7:28 PM 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down....... 






OK. I’m going to chirp in here. You say the engine revs and runs fine in 
neutral? But when you put it in gear it sputters and has no power? Does it ever 
backfire? This is an upright 1600, correct?If no backfiring, it’s the timing or 
a faulty fuel pump. The compufire (out of business) will either run or not. I 
don’t think they can run badly, either on or off. Sammie is right about a dead 
cylinder but wouldn’t it idle badly? 





From: sammie smith 
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 4:44 PM 
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down....... 



We still need a lot more info for diagnostics. When did you last tune the 
engine? How old are the plugs (have you looked at them)? Does the engine have a 
noticeable miss? You can crank the engine and remove one plug wire; does it 
change the manner in which the engine is running? If not then that plug is not 
firing. Go through this with all four cylinders. It almost sounds like to me 
like you are not getting appropriate fire to one or two cylinders. Did you set 
the timing correctly when changing the distributors? 

Based on what info you have given us I suspect either an electrical misfire or 
a vacuum leak. 




From: "71westy@xxxxxxxxxxx" <71westy@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ted <teebug1943@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Fri, November 23, 2012 3:51:49 PM 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down....... 

It revs at idle but sounds spastic as the revs increased. 


....I swapped dizzies but nothing happened ( engine turned over but not fire, 
but I think the compufire in that one was bad). I put the original dizzy back 
in , it turned over and sounded better when I revved the engine. I took off for 
home, made it ok. 
Puzzled as to what it is / was. 

I'll check the timing first. 

Thanks everyone. 
Trey 



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: teebug1943@xxxxxxxxx 
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent:Fri Nov 23 07:42:45 UTC 2012 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down....... 


        When you start the bus can you rev the engine , and dose it rev up, 

--- On Fri, 23/11/12, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote: 



From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Bus starts but not drivable...broke down....... 
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: "<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Date: Friday, 23 November, 2012, 11:27 


Definitely not the electronic ignition. 
Sorry, that's all I've got. 

On Nov 23, 2012, at 9:45 AM, < 71westy@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: 

> Started bus this morning, warmed up fine. When leaving in 1st gear it starts 
> to sound very unpowered and when shift to 2nd feels like the bus is in 4 th 
> gear. Downshift to first and it feels like i am agin in 4 th gear. Sluggish 
> but again seems to idle fine. 
> 
> 1600dp 
> SVDA with electronic ignition. 
> 
> Fuel filter looks clear. Changed it about 100miles ago. 
> 
> Any suggestions? 
> 
> If the petronix was bad I don't think the bus was start, correct? Or can they 
> be half bad? 
> Ignition coil? 
> 
> My guess is fuel pump? It's stock. 
> 
> Thanks 
> Trey 
> 713 501 7963 
> Stuck in Brenham. 
> 
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