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03-01-2013, 04:21 PM | #241 |
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Re: Who Can Diagnose THIS Total Mystery? Win A Prize?
at this point maybe sgwilson will send someone a round trip plane ticket with first class accommodations on the beach and vouchers for food and coronas
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03-01-2013, 04:23 PM | #242 | |
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Either way, there is some capacitance coupling between the coil body and the windings. A good ground on the coil clamp did fix a problem on the Tudor a while back. Previously, the coil was suspended by a rubber coating over the clamp (heatshrink?). A new clamp and cleaning up the hardware and contact areas solved the intermittent smooth/miss running. |
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03-01-2013, 05:06 PM | #243 |
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Resolved the same problem with the Service truck!!! The filter in the carb, Zenith was a micro filter totally plugged but could not tell till you blew in it by mouth. Also the stand up filter in the tank if you have one may be a micro filter not good!!! Hard to tell if plugged. Use screen type only! Especially with the ethanol gas. Left original right Micro
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03-01-2013, 07:02 PM | #244 | |
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03-01-2013, 07:05 PM | #245 |
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Funny, but I've thought of that already. Problem is, how would I select who to bring down...and what if, in the end, he had no better luck resolving than all my buddies here who have tried and failed? I couldn't hand out too many free trips before going so broke I couldn't afford gas for the truck if ever it were to be running right again! <grin>
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03-01-2013, 07:33 PM | #246 |
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03-01-2013, 08:08 PM | #247 | |
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Will keep looking but certainly appreciate the suggestion. Glad you got yours to finally run...that will be a glorious day here, I tell you. |
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03-14-2013, 07:50 AM | #248 |
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I’m happy to report that it appears the mystery has finally been solved! And so what was it?
After weeks of trying virtually everything, we were just never able to identify the real problem and resolve it. In sheer desperation, I finally turned it over to the fellow many of us call “The Guru” here in our local club in Jacksonville, FL. H.L. Chavin would call him a “Model A Whisperer” with the patience and know-how to sleuth out the problem. According to "The Whisperer": The grounding strap from the battery to the frame was not always providing sufficient ground to provide ample and consistent juice to the distributor. Sometimes it worked just fine—like on my long drive to coastal Georgia where the truck ran fine for 110 miles before it suddenly started acting up—and then other times you couldn’t even get the thing to start. The local whispering guru says a continuity test with a meter confirmed this. Since this thread was getting a little long in the tooth, I posted a much-more-detailed report in a separate, updated thread which you can read here if you like: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100328 Again, thanks to all of you for your time, suggestions and most of all, your patience! I sincerely appreciate it. |
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