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Hello Anders, if you want I can contact the previous owner here and ask him. But it seems that your car have the same virus as mine and it could be electrical problems, I change point, condenser and coil, the coil and the condenser, produces the explotions, my car separate the muffler
 
gardener said:
Hello Anders, if you want I can contact the previous owner here and ask him. But it seems that your car have the same virus as mine and it could be electrical problems, I change point, condenser and coil, the coil and the condenser, produces the explotions, my car separate the muffler
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<span style="color: #000099">Anders/Gardener: A thought, even if I know zero of auto mechanics.
Anders, your car ran just fine when I was in it. It had difficulty staying alive
at low idle rpm but at mid to high RPM, your car was a tiger. It roared. Also-
it started instantly.

Both of your cars were on long boat voyages and now both of your cars are having
difficulties. Gardener- your car drove about 1,000 miles to the boat, yes?

I am a boater not an auto mechanic. Both cars endured long periods of rocking
and rolling on the ocean. I am thinking maybe much crud was loosened in the fuel
system and now clogs the fuel delivery. Gas tank, fuel lines, fuel filter, fuel pump,
carb feed lines, carb insides, etc. (I'd take them apart and clean them)

Both cars ran good before the boat voyage- now both cars run bad after the
boat voyage. There is the common element. Boat voyage.

In my opinion as a non-mechanic.

dale</span>
 
Right now I'm in the norwegian mountains, enjoying some cross country skiing, evenings by the fireplace and lots of nog (or our local equivalent).
I'll look more closely into the electrical set-up when back in the garage, as well as checking out all the other suggestions.
Meanwhile, enjoy your cars, those of you living climatewise under the right conditions and having a car that runs.

Gardener: As Dale points out, seems sea voyage did something to our cars. I will probably follow your example. If Dale is right, no point giving the previous owner the third degree, since he just owned the car 6 months and drove it 800 miles. The man who knows these things lives in Florida (Tamarac) and restored it during 2006/2007 (according to my latest info). Think his name is Steingraber, first name Pedro.

Happy New Year!

Anders
 
Tinster said:
I am a boater not an auto mechanic. Both cars endured long periods of rocking
and rolling on the ocean. I am thinking maybe much crud was loosened in the fuel
system and now clogs the fuel delivery. Gas tank, fuel lines, fuel filter, fuel pump,
carb feed lines, carb insides, etc. (I'd take them apart and clean them)
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Those big ships don't rock as much as one might expect. Moving the container about might do it, but I would expect a hard driving session to about equivalent.

Salty moist air from inside a cargo ship is almost certainly the culprit. It's probably collected in the distributor and possibly the gasoline.

WD40 on all contacts (inside the distributor), all the wires, and all the plugs.

Also, loading and unloading can be tough on the under-carriage. Double check that an exhaust tube hasn't been smooshed.

Good luck.
 
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