[DeTomaso] Problems with engine shutting down

[Pantdino]

You wrote:

If I feather the gas I can keep it running.




 
My Abarth would die at idle-- turns out someone had screwed in the idle adjustment screw on the Weber carb so far and hard it broke off, so the car was "idling" on the cruise circuit.  It was a race car so the PO wasn't bothered by it. :)
 
Check the idle system in your carb.
 
Jim Oddie
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
To: Larry - Ohio Time <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>; clarkewilma <cwhamm at frontier.com>
Sent: Thu, May 28, 2015 7:20 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Problems with engine shutting down


Sounds like a bad fuel pump.

   On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Larry - Ohio
Time
   <[1]Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

     If it just shuts down I
would look to more electrical. We have had
     problems
     with the
ignition switches in the past.A  I would hot wire it (jump
     power to
    
coil) that will by pass all of the wires going to the dash. Run your
    
tests
     to see what it does.
     Larry (never hot wired a car) -
Cleveland

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   From: DeTomaso
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   clarkewilma
   Sent:
Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:24 PM
   To: [3]detomaso at poca.com
   Subject:
[DeTomaso] Problems with engine shutting down
   Don't have any ethanol in my
gas. Never use the stuff. Lucky to have
   good
   gas where I live. I will
check my ground. All my hoses are original
   except
   water. Have looked at
my hoses but will take them off and check that
   way
   also. Will also check
that brake hose.A  Have changed the coil and no
   change.
   It doesn't
sputter. It just shuts down. If I feather the gas I can keep
   it
   running.
Don't know about checking the float level on the Autolite. Can
   do
   it on
the Holleys on my Birds. I had the carb rebuilt a few years ago
   and it
  
ran ok of quite a while. I have a lot to check. So I will get back to
   you
 
guys latter with an update. Thanks
   Clarke Hamm 7350

    
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   You wrote:

If I feather the gas I can keep it running.




   My Abarth would die at idle-- turns out someone had screwed in the idle
   adjustment screw on the Weber carb so far and hard it broke off, so the
   car was "idling" on the cruise circuit.  It was a race car so the PO
   wasn't bothered by it. :)



   Check the idle system in your carb.



   Jim Oddie







   -----Original Message-----
   From: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
   To: Larry - Ohio Time <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
   Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>; clarkewilma <cwhamm at frontier.com>
   Sent: Thu, May 28, 2015 7:20 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Problems with engine shutting down
Sounds like a bad fuel pump.

   On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Larry - Ohio
Time
   <[1][1]Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

     If it just shuts down I
would look to more electrical. We have had
     problems
     with the
ignition switches in the past.A  I would hot wire it (jump
     power to

coil) that will by pass all of the wires going to the dash. Run your

tests
     to see what it does.
     Larry (never hot wired a car) -
Cleveland

   -----Original Message-----
   From: DeTomaso
[[2]mailto:[2]detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of
   clarkewilma
   Sent:
Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:24 PM
   To: [3][3]detomaso at poca.com
   Subject:
[DeTomaso] Problems with engine shutting down
   Don't have any ethanol in my
gas. Never use the stuff. Lucky to have
   good
   gas where I live. I will
check my ground. All my hoses are original
   except
   water. Have looked at
my hoses but will take them off and check that
   way
   also. Will also check
that brake hose.A  Have changed the coil and no
   change.
   It doesn't
sputter. It just shuts down. If I feather the gas I can keep
   it
   running.
Don't know about checking the float level on the Autolite. Can
   do
   it on
the Holleys on my Birds. I had the carb rebuilt a few years ago
   and it

ran ok of quite a while. I have a lot to check. So I will get back to
   you

guys latter with an update. Thanks
   Clarke Hamm 7350


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