[tcb] Re: I'm stumped - '59 won't start, stay running...

  • From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:14:31 -0500

Spark + Fuel + Air = Vroom

Check the Fuel system for gunk, also clean out your idle and pilot jets on
the carb, also if you have a bypass carb with the solenoid, check for proper
operation.

Other than that, start debugging things one at a time.  If you noticed
problems with the distributor, I would suspect that other things could be
wrong especially if you lost a part of the cap down inside it.

Anyway, that's the fun of old VWs start at one place and once you've
eliminated that variable move onto the next.

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:38 AM, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I have had an intermittent starting issue since I can remember (1 year at
> least?) so anyway, after waiting 10 seconds after the 1st attempt it would
> start up.
> Saturday I picked him up from the body shop and it took 5 hours to get it
> 10 miles into my garage.
>
> The engine died 5 miles from my house and I pushed it into a parking lot
> where Robb noticed the center post on the dizzy cap was broken, walked to
> FLAPS, replaced drove to the gas staion 1 mile from my house and left it
> idling as I was pumping gas into the gas can it died, i spent the next hour
> tring to get it started, replaced the points, condenser and it took 10 tries
> after that (with jumper cables) to get it started. I got all the way to the
> driveway and while the door was opening it died again. 2 hours later it
> barely started and I got it into the garage 5 hours before the hail storm :
> 0
>
> I never replaced the rotor so I did that last night, started up and idled
> for 5 minutes then died. I started it back up and it idled for 25 minutes
> and I thought it was fixed.This morning I realized it is not fixed.
>
> I have spark, I checked the battery and it was charging (2 weeks ago) it
> has an 8 v battery but the regulator has been adjusted for that and it  is a
> brand new wiring harness and I have cleaned the grounds for the battery and
> tranny ground and I am stumped.
>
> the November show is a week and a half away and this is the only thing left
> to do on him. This weekend, I finally got the  @#*% fixed that was done in
> Ennis and received the last door panel from Lenny 11 months after requesting
> a replacement...
>
> James
>



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