Loss of power problem is back!
I posted this issue a couple of months ago and attributed it to water in my 1/4 tank of gas that accumulated over winter. Wrong! Keoke thought it was my Pertronix.
Well I drove my Tri-Carb about 12 miles this morning. All was smooth as silk. Then, after 2 miles I started to lose power, kept running by calling for more fuel but eventually I had to stop as I couldn't get any power and she finally stalled out. Waited a few minutes and she started right up but only had weak power, rough idle and I could hear the ping as I rode along at 10-20 mph to my destination another 10 miles. Tonight on the way home, same issue but rough idle at start with less than ideal power, nursed her 6-7 miles until she had nothing at all and stalled out. Pushed her off the road, waited only 2 minutes and she started immediately with full power and smooth as silk all the way home, another 5 miles.
Called Pertronix, they claim when the unit fails, it dies completely. They thought I might have a low voltage or ground problem. Everything looks fine in my dizzy. And all wires look tight and secure. New rotor, new plug wires, new plugs, new fuel filter all done to solve this problem to no avail. Flame thrower coil installed at same time as the ignitor.
So now what do I try? Go back to points?
Eric
I posted this issue a couple of months ago and attributed it to water in my 1/4 tank of gas that accumulated over winter. Wrong! Keoke thought it was my Pertronix.
Well I drove my Tri-Carb about 12 miles this morning. All was smooth as silk. Then, after 2 miles I started to lose power, kept running by calling for more fuel but eventually I had to stop as I couldn't get any power and she finally stalled out. Waited a few minutes and she started right up but only had weak power, rough idle and I could hear the ping as I rode along at 10-20 mph to my destination another 10 miles. Tonight on the way home, same issue but rough idle at start with less than ideal power, nursed her 6-7 miles until she had nothing at all and stalled out. Pushed her off the road, waited only 2 minutes and she started immediately with full power and smooth as silk all the way home, another 5 miles.
Called Pertronix, they claim when the unit fails, it dies completely. They thought I might have a low voltage or ground problem. Everything looks fine in my dizzy. And all wires look tight and secure. New rotor, new plug wires, new plugs, new fuel filter all done to solve this problem to no avail. Flame thrower coil installed at same time as the ignitor.
So now what do I try? Go back to points?
Eric