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| Ian Stott |
 Aug 6 2011, 01:32 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 28-January 08 From: Moncton/Canada Member No.: 8,635 Region Association: Canada  |
I have a 73 2.0 (original fuel injection no mods other than newer stereo and fatter tires) and was heading out to a Car Show/BBQ with my main squeeze and the engine was just humming along beautifully at around 3400/3600 RPM and it just died, no warning, tach went to zero and there I was, stranded on the side of the highway. Up til now the car ran beautiful, I went on a couple of long trips last summer trouble free which built up my confidence in the reliability of my car, any ideas about what happened much appreciated. The teener is at a friends farm about 45 minutes from where I live, I was doing the tow rope method with my daughter driving her mothers car and me in the teener and it was pretty nerve racking as she had difficulty maintaining a steady pace and I was getting worried about all the tow rope jerks damaging the car so I didn't tow it all the way home. Could it be the points??
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
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| Bartlett 914 |
Aug 6 2011, 02:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,216 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Check Fuses! If it died without warning, I would suspect electrical issues. If the fuel stopped, I would expect poor running and then stop. It could be the ignition switch. Look for spark first. Use an extra spark plug with the base grounded and crank the engine. Go from there
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Ian Stott Engine Just died! Aug 6 2011, 01:32 PM
Series9 If the tach went to zero while the engine was stil... Aug 6 2011, 01:34 PM Series9 If the tach went to zero while the engine was stil... Aug 6 2011, 01:35 PM reharvey It has no spark or no gas. If it died suddenly I w... Aug 6 2011, 01:37 PM Jake Raby With FI a loss of fuel pressure kills the engine j... Aug 6 2011, 07:38 PM swl If the tach died then it has to be something elect... Aug 6 2011, 08:13 PM Ian Stott Went out to where the teener was with my mechanic ... Aug 8 2011, 06:23 PM Tom What happened the second time? Did it repeat the s... Aug 8 2011, 06:35 PM Vacca Rabite why did you have to tow it the last 500m?
Did it d... Aug 8 2011, 06:35 PM Ian Stott It died just like when the points crapped out, but... Aug 8 2011, 06:43 PM Dave_Darling You need the ground braid for the Pertronix as wel... Aug 8 2011, 10:37 PM Jeffs9146 Bad dizzy bearing messing up the points? Check for... Aug 9 2011, 09:10 AM SUNAB914 Make sure your wires on the dizzy are tight on the... Aug 9 2011, 12:05 PM
Ian Stott Hah! Blue fuse on the relay board was blown wh... Aug 11 2011, 04:41 PM |
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