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Technical => Engine Tech Forum => Topic started by: KOOL-AID MAN on October 30, 2004, 07:44:56 PM

Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: KOOL-AID MAN on October 30, 2004, 07:44:56 PM: hey guys, so my car was running like absolute crap for a while, and I finally got her running nice, the problem it had was that after 2500-3000 rpm it wouldn't pick up rpm anymore, and it just sputtered and backfired, so anyways after setting the timming, a valve job, carb cleaning and new plugs rotor and cap, it still wasnt fixed, then i changed the condensor on the dizzy, well this fixed it and it ran absolutly awsome for about 15 minutes, then all of a sudden it started popping and sputtering again, but a different type of sputtering cause i could still rev past 4000 rpm, it almost sounds like it runs on three cylinders, but every once and a while it will run good for a few seconds, so what you guyus think the problem might be? i was thinking maybe a plug wire is causing this to happen.

any help would be fantastic.
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: slammedbus on October 31, 2004, 07:44:34 AM: I'm no expert but short of making sure all your connections are tight and points are set and tight, I've had it twice in my experience where the new condenser crapped out shortly after install. What else did you do after installing the condenser. Was that the only thing you replaced, adjusted, played with on that session of wrenching??
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: KOOL-AID MAN on October 31, 2004, 11:51:53 AM: yup thats the only thing i did in that session changed the condensor, do you think its a bad one? maybe ill buy another one.
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: slammedbus on October 31, 2004, 12:18:30 PM: For 3$ you can't lose
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: KOOL-AID MAN on October 31, 2004, 12:25:43 PM: ok so i switched back to the old condensor and it ran how it used to, so i figure its gotta be a bad condensor that i just bought, so now i need a new one today. or else i cant drive my car to work tommorow.
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: jetson on November 25, 2004, 03:41:11 PM: My 74 super did the same thing for a bit, it was an obstruction in the gas tank right at the pickup for the fuel.
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: GRK on November 25, 2004, 09:14:08 PM: I had a brand condensor in my rail first time out with it about 2 hours of running and it died on the beach. Had the old one in tool box put it in and fired right up a. once also had a new set of points go stupid once. Just last week had a the coil wire to distributor die !

Gary :mullet:
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: John W. Kelly on November 27, 2004, 11:08:24 AM: Coil?
Title: More Engine Problems, Woohooo!
Post by: KOOL-AID MAN on November 27, 2004, 01:17:13 PM: I put a pertronix in and it fixed the problem, the timming seems a lil out tho, so im gonna play with that today.