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[Jim Scott]

Oops!, forgot to cc: the club. :^)
Jim

On Dec 8, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Jim Scott wrote:

> Kristi,
> 
> Judging by your description of the symptoms, especially the bogging down -- no pep, it sounds like either a fuel problem or a vacuum leak. You may have water in the fuel, or a vacuum hose or fitting may be broken or loose. Or you may have gotten some trash in the carburetor filters. An hour and a half of stop and go traffic burns a lot of fuel, and if your tank was running low.... Also, the constant stopping and starting may have overstressed a decades-old vacuum line. And don't forget that you weren't running fast enough to get a very high volume of cooling air through the engine, which could have contributed to frying a vacuum hose. Also, when was the last time the fuel pump was replaced?
> 
> So don't just concentrate on points and timing, or the coil. 
> 
> As for getting the distributor rotor off, what I do is put the open jaws of an adjustable wrench under the rotor and tap upward gently. That breaks the varnish seal that's literally gluing the rotor to the shaft. Bet yours has been in there for a while. Which raises the question about when was the last time your PCV tubing and fixed orifice was cleaned. That varnish is caused by oil vapors, which the PCV system is supposed to purge.
> 
> One more thing: Happy Holidays!
> 
> Jim Scott
> 
> On Dec 8, 2009, at 2:46 PM, rvtum at verizon.net wrote:
> 
>> Hi Kristi,
>> 
>> I suspect you're on the correct path.  You could also have a bad coil.  Do you have a spare you can swap out?  I've cc'd the club for additional guidance on your problem. Hold off on tugging too hard on the rotor until some other members chime in on the problem.
>> 
>> 
>> Dec 8, 2009 01:09:05 PM, vairgirl66 at gmail.com wrote:
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>> Hello.  This is Kristi Wilson- new to the club and I just had a question if you have a moment.  I really dread what I think the answer is going to be but here goes- my car was running beautifully until Monday traffic- an hour and a half of no more than 5-10 miles per hour- never overheated but when I got to work it just died- no loping, no idling down  just died!  It was when I came to a stop at the parking lot.  When i left work it ran okay just seemed to be bogging down- no pep.  It died again in line at my son's school.  I was talking to my dad and it seems for something sudden like that to happen that it was either my points or timing.  Well, when I took off my dist cap-  I could not get the rotor off the shaft!!  I pulled and tugged and it would not budge!  Short of breaking it  is there any other way to get that thing off?  Does this sound like I am chasing the right path? By the way,  I have a 1966 Monza sedan with a 95 HP and a powerglide!  It is bone stock at the mom
>> ent.  If you could, please give me your opinion. Thanks,Kristi Wilson
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