Bad carburator. Sent by pure magic On Jan 15, 2011, at 7:36 PM, "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Are you running points or electronic? > > > > From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Fred McDonald > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 7:34 PM > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tcb] What is Wrong With My Bus? > > > > For those that don’t know, > > I have a 67 Westie with a 1600cc single port motor and an alternator instead > of a generator. > > It has been running fine. > > I drove to the store about 2 miles away, they didn’t have what I wanted & > started for another store. > > About 5 miles later I stopped at a light and the motor died at idle. > > Restarted the motor and drove about 100 yards and stopped at another light, > the motor died again, this time the motor started only after a lot of > cranking on the starter. > > Drove about 300 yards to the next light and the motor died at idle and would > not start, ran the battery down and tried to jump start but still would not > start. > > Had the bus towed home, I hooked up the jumper cables and it started ran for > about five minutes and died and would not start. > > Next day, engine is cold and starts up, runs for about 10 minutes and dies > and will not start attached the jumper cables and still will not start. > > Engine is flooded, remove spark plugs, wet with fuel and a lot of carbon > build up on plugs 1 & 2, plug 3 has a little build up and 4 is fine but I > replace the plugs. > > motor is now cooled off and starts up, runs for about 5 minutes and dies and > will not start. > > My brother the mechanic tests the fuel pump, (working) tests the coil and no > spark, suggests that coil is failing after it warms up. > > New Coil & battery, motor starts and runs at idle for over 30 minutes, I turn > the motor off and restart the motor several times and no problems I think > it’s fixed but don’t take it for a drive. > > Today I’m trying to fix a brake light problem, I start the bus and let it > idle for 15 minutes and over the next hour I start the motor and turn off the > motor several times. > > I decide to go to the store, I get a few blocks down the street and come to a > stop and the motor dies, restart the motor and look for a spot to turn > around, come to a stop and the motor dies, start the motor go about 50 yards > come to a stop and the motor dies and will not start and now is flooded. I > let the bus sit for about 10 minutes and it starts, I stay on the throttle > and keep the RPMs up and get home. > > Well what do you think? > > Is this really weird? > > > >