6.8 miles w/out breakdown!!

[Tinster]

Shawn,

That's what I thought, but I'm bouncing between two different threads trying to keep up.

I know, it gets confusing at times.

<span style="color: #990000">Me Too - confused!!

I thought the other thread was done. Shawn, I pulled Paul's pump,
found two loose screws, tightened them, reinstalled, got a little over
1 psi on test gauge, tried a test drive, no go, removed Paul's pump and
installed another.. w/ 3.0 psi. Now goes.

That should have ended the thread.
Maybe one of the moderators wishes to lock the other thread?

d</span>

 

[Brosky]

Now I definitely want to see that pump. I want to see the internals. I have 3 lbs on mine and that one is identical.

 

[NickMorgan]

Congratulations Dale. I was just thinking about you today and wondering what was happening to your car. The last I remember was that you seemed to have some dirty fuel that had filthed up your carbs and filters.
I haven't been on the BCF much recently so I must have missed out some news.
I like the way you casually throw in that you quickly balanced the carbs, reset the timing and set the warm idle!
No more of your "Non-mechanic stone mason" nonsense!!
Keep up the good work. Us Scots are never beat!!!

 

[Tinster]

Now I definitely want to see that pump. I want to see the internals. I have 3 lbs on mine and that one is identical.

<span style="color: #990000">Update of sorts. Tuesday-

YEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took the Crypt Car out for another trial run with
my most recent attempt at a fuel delivery system.

Heavy rush hour traffic but I managed another
17.6 miles driven without a breakdown. The last
4 miles were on the expresssway at 55 to 70+ mph speeds.
That brings the Crypt Car up to 24.4 miles driven since the
last breakdown.</span>

<span style="color: #006600">Paul, I'll send you the pump. I want
to say my almost total lack of auto mechanic skills
is the reason I got such a low psi reading on your fine,
rebuilt pump. Except I got higher reading on two other
fuel pumps and the car appears to run just fine on either
pump.

The diaphram on my older Canada pump moves up and down
more than yours. But I'm sure I've got cam lobe wear also
and the older pump has more lever thickness than yours.

YEEEEHAAAAA!!!! 24.4 miles driven without a breakdown!!!!!

regards all,

d</span>

 

[TRDejaVu]

Atta boy Dale.

I guess that I picked the wrong week to visit, but at least I did drive it a bit. That makes me a member of the Amos Drivers Club; when do I get my certificate and badge?

 

[Tinster]

Atta boy Dale.

I guess that I picked the wrong week to visit, but at least I did drive it a bit. That makes me a member of the Amos Drivers Club; when do I get my certificate and badge?

<span style="color: #990000">Ian, glad ya make it back home safe and sound.
Post them blue cheese burger photos, will ya?? Yummie and we
had them again yesterday!!

Bummer, you didn't get to roar around in the Crypt Car.
Seein' as I'm a designer by profession and my fishin' pal Tito
is a graphic designer by trade, I'm thinking a Crypt Car
driving certificate for BCF members is a very real possibilty
Talk to basil about the badge- might be a fund raiser idea
" BCF Team Crypty" to help support the forum. So many kind folks
have offered me advice, parts and even on-island time.
A BCF posterchild badge makes sense- Ya listening Boss???????

40+ hours of labor later and at least 7 pump swap outs, since
the Crypt Car engine fell apart under you last Wednesday,
today the Beast fairly ROARS down the expressway. 75 mph.

Next time, Ian, next time!!

best regards,

dale and wendy</span>

 

[TRDejaVu]

Dale,

I sent an e-mail with the pics yesterday to the address on your profile. Please e-mail me the ones that you took.

Was the mad bird impersonator "guarding cars" outside the burger joint yesterday?

 

[Tinster]

Dale,

I sent an e-mail with the pics yesterday to the address on your profile. Please e-mail me the ones that you took.

Was the mad bird impersonator "guarding cars" outside the burger joint yesterday?

<span style="color: #990000">Yup he was!! Chirp, chirp, tweet! $2 bucks.

Great photo of two beautiful Brit birds with two BCF guys needing some tophair.

Yup, I'll forward the photos, Ian.

d</span>

 

[Silverghost]

Isn't it awesome to have a significant other who enjoys our addictions......er...hobbies??! :laugh:

 

[TRDejaVu]

Isn't it awesome to have a significant other who enjoys our addictions......er...hobbies??! :laugh:

and if you train them early, they will get used to pushing the car for a bump start.

 

[Silverghost]

Ok, it's mid morning and no postings from Dale. Either he is off tearing up the roads, burning through tank after tank of gas with a HUGE smile on his face or......... And I don't want to think "or"! :laugh:

 

[Brosky]

No news is sometimes good news.

No new threads is even better!!

 

[Tinster]

Ok, it's mid morning and no postings from Dale. Either he is off tearing up the roads, burning through tank after tank of gas with a HUGE smile on his face or......... And I don't want to think "or"! :laugh:

<span style="color: #990000">Ghost- ya can start thinkin' "OR" now. </span>


<span style="color: #006600">Nary a derned thing changed since the car was making
75MPH, 24 hours ago.

Except this PM, Beast died real dead backing out of the garage after
a nice warm up. The engine is back to falling apart at rpm over 1500.

But, a new, added twist. Nice smooth idle, in the garage, when suddenly
the engine simply just stops running. It never quit before. Starts up again
when cranked.

When it falls apart at 1500+ rpm, I swear it feels like fuel starved.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Maybe something, maybe not-

I had the timing light set up. 12* BTDC at 800 rpm

Immediately BEFORE the engine quits running; the timing
light quits flashing- kinda stutters. I tried different plugs wires
and got the same results.

Retested the fuel pump - 3 psi at idle.

Pulled a new spark plug - looks new.

open for suggestions, as always

d </span>

 

[TR3driver]

Immediately BEFORE the engine quits running; the timing
light quits flashing- kinda stutters.

Sure sounds like it's trying to tell you something. Not likely to be individual plugs or wires, since just one bad cylinder probably wouldn't kill it (or at least you would notice it was only running on 5 instead of 6). But could be almost anything back upstream of that point.

Normally, I'd start going through the primary side of the coil : Is it getting good power, are the points/ignition module grounded securely and so on. Usually, secondary side stuff isn't so intermittant, because the spark will jump a small gap (and turn it into a large one).

BUT, with all the bad rotors around; have you tried a different one (preferably old and "known good") recently ? I have seen a new (less than 200 miles) rotor that simply shorted the spark to ground (through the distributor shaft) with NO visible signs of distress or damage. There had to be a carbon track through the body of the rotor, but even knowing it was there and where to look for it, all I could see was a tiny spot where the black plastic was slightly less shiny than elsewhere. And that was down inside the hole that slips over the shaft !

Of course the usual precautions about flaky electronics modules apply here (if you're running one). My approach is to yank it out and put the points back for at least a few thousand miles; until you know you've seen any other problems lurking about. Then put the module back, confident that any subsequent mysterious problems must be the module (or the wiring to it).

 

[Tinster]

Thanks Randall,

New rotor and dizzy cap, less that 200 miles on them.
I still have the old ones I removed. That's an easy
test for tomorrow. Swap in the old.

Petronix crapped out real fast after it was installed.

I have points and a condenser with about 1500 miles on them.

later gator,

d
.
<span style="color: #000099">Edit:
Randall, I swapped out the new rotor for the old rotor.
The car refused to start with the old rotor. Cranks but
not even a hint of ignition.

Reinstalled the new rotor. A whole lotta cranking, then
a short burst of ignition (maybe 2 revolutions) and the
car quits all together. Crank, fire, quit, etc.

3 psi fuel at the carb inlet pipe. But I swear the
engine behaves fuel starved.

Friday, I'll try Dave's suggestion and see how much fuel
pumps out in 30 seconds. Thursday, I need some quality,
high rpm engine experience - Tres Gatos day for me and Tito.
</span>

 

[Brosky]

Dale....what does a snake do before it strikes?

C O I L ....

Try swapping another coil along with putting the new rotor back on.

Keep this to one part on/one part off swapping. If doesn't fix the issue, put back what you took off so as to not get lost in the process.

 

[jjbunn]

There is something very fundamentally wrong with that car! How is it that the parts last such a short time before needing replacement? If it was my car I'd be suspecting something is very weird with the electric wiring.

 

[Silverghost]

Dang Dale.....I was sending positive thoughts to the Triumph Spirits all day for ya!! It does seem you have traced the cause back beyond the fuel issue though. I agree with Paul, only change one thing at a time. Keep the variables to a minimum, or else you'll be back to chasing yourself in circles.

And Ghost works, but Peter is better, then I'll know who you're talking to!

 

[Guest]

There is something very fundamentally wrong with that car! How is it that the parts last such a short time before needing replacement? If it was my car I'd be suspecting something is very weird with the electric wiring.

[Stirkle slides over to make room for Julian in the penalty box.]

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[jjbunn]

There is something very fundamentally wrong with that car! How is it that the parts last such a short time before needing replacement? If it was my car I'd be suspecting something is very weird with the electric wiring.

[Stirkle slides over to make room for Julian in the penalty box.]

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[Julian adjusts his box.]