<VV> '69 Shenanigans!

[airvair]

Lon,

I'm going to suggest something off the wall. Try a new coil.

-Mark

LonzoVair at aol.com wrote:
> 
> I was driving about 75 mph (110 smogger engine w/most AIR stuff  removed,
> pg, 3.55 diff, petronix-I'm guessing #1, a little less than a 1/4 tank  of gas,
> about 88 degrees temperature) when all of a sudden I start losing  power...
> then it's almost like I'm trailering something from all the jerking  it's
> doing... you know, push-pull-push stuff... and the occasional  backfire... I pulled
> to the shoulder of the freeway and it's just idling as  sweet as you
> please... I rev the engine, nothing unusual... I get back in and it  refuses to go
> faster than 50 MPH, which can be a bit hazardous on the WKy  Pkwy... luckily I
> was just 5 miles from my exit, so I did what I could to  get her home.
> Once off the WK all was well...
> I RARELY let the tank get to less than half full (or half empty, for that
> matter)... does this sound like some "junk in the tank"? "clogged sock"? "weak
> fuel pump"?
> I tell ya, it was the first time it had ever done this in the 5K miles I've
> driven this car... and I'm supposed to take Maggie (my 13 year old) to the
> "re-Grand Opening" of the new "Hot Topic" store in the mall today, along with
> Cheryl's 17 year old cousin who's been spending the week with us here in the
> boonies...
> Anyway, FIRST thing I'm gonna do is get some gas... and keep an eye on the
> gauge to see when this happens again....
> Any suggestions are welcome and will be noted in my little green notebook I
> carry.
> Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.... it might be a while  before
> I find out what it  is.
> Later,
> Lonzo
> 
> Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
> CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
> Quart Low Quarterly Editor
> 1961 Greenbrier 110/pg...  getting worked on soon!
> 1963 Greenbrier 110/4spd... needs a new home
> 1964  700 sedan 95/pg... waiting on a rear wheel bearing
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>