<VV> Was: Fuel issues! Smoking Gun? Now Petornix 2 upgrade.

[Dave Ziegler]

Whoa, wait a minute. The pictures you showed did indeed have the  
valves wrong in the fuel pump. I would guess that the one that was  
cocked came loose and was inverted before trying to settle back into  
place. Try repairing it or replace with a known good pump before  
ripping apart your ignition system. If you repair it don't forget to  
stake the valves in place.
Dave.. .

On Jun 14, 2011, at 5:41 PM, kenharri at comcast.net wrote:

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> It seems the consensus is that the Petronix 1 is the most likely  
> culprit.
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> My FC came to me (1.5 years ago) with Petronix 1 and distributor is  
> a bit sloppy.  I have been planning to replace the distributor  
> housing and upgrade to Petronix 2.  As soon as all is  available I  
> will make the change and give feedback.
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> Thanks for the input!
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> Kent Harrington
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> Subject: Re: <VV> Fuel issues!  Smoking Gun?
> To: kenharri at comcast.net
> Cc: VV <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID: <936973.28354.qm at web82005.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>  Petronix requires 12 volts. My petronix1 would fail to deliver  
> good spark when
> it got hot, resulting in no acceleration and hard starting, low  
> RPM. Changing
> coil seemed to work for a while but the petronix was cooled down by  
> then. Now
> using more expensive Petronix2 and hot coil and no problems for  
> years. I carry a
> spare distributor with points for emergencies, but it should not be  
> run with
> straight 12volts. Should use a resistor or cook stuff in the long run.
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>  If you have a points/condenser setup, try changing it first before  
> anything
> else?
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>  now running 4 vairsLM with this setup.
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>  MIKE KOVACS
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