Car troubles kept me home!
Sure would have loved to have spent sometime with you folks!
I planned to attend and had made ready to drive my '67 SV LRX Code 106 for the event. After several nice runs and about 300-400 miles of driving trouble free.... it stopped dead!
Hauled her home. Found the center contact in the distributor cap was bent and the spring was crooked and making contact with the rotor.
Ordered a cap and rotor (also and extra just in case).
Took to the road again for about 20-25 miles, then it acted as if running out of gas. Stopped dead again. Hauled her home. Checked the distributo cap and rotor, all was well there!
Checked the gas (3/4 full tank), fuel pump bowl clear and full of fuel.
Sat over night, so quess what? It fired up first thing and ran smoothly. Took to the road again! All was well. Trip was still on schedule for Columbia.
Went for my scheduled front end alignment , dropped the car off. My Alignment Shop Owner, Mike (a friend), called and said the car was ready for me to pick up but, one thing was wrong. On the trial run it stopped with him as if running out of gas. He had to walk back to the shop. (Mike is still my friend)
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Hauled the car home again. Would not start! A shot of starter fluid did the trick. Ran good. I turned the switch off. It would not restart. It was Friday night April 4th. Missed the Columbia Event.
Haven't fooled with it since! Friday. Perhaps I will start a thorough check of all the possibilities in a day or so.....
DanR
P.S. I'm using a new Petronx Distributor and Coil. The fuel is 93 Octane. Tanks were cleaned and sealed. Fuel lines cleaned and or replaced. Carbs, Stromberg 150 rebuilt completely (without encountering any trouble with them as far as I can tell). New fuel pump and In-line fuel filter replaced.
New distr cap and rotor buttom.
Any one have similar problems with the Distributor cap?