<VV> Car stops after 20 Mi

[Larry Forman]

I think they said they swapped the coil out.

For me and coils my mantra is:  "If in doubt, swap it out!"

I typically will carry a spare coil since they and fuel pumps are a 
couple of items that will stop you cold and also are very easy to swap 
out on the side of the road in just a few minutes.   MUCH faster than a 
tow truck arrival time.

Larry

On 12/9/2015 12:18 AM, jim bannister via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Sounds exactly like my car as the coil was crapping out.  Gets hot and
> weakens, cools down and recovers enough for another 20 miles.  It seemed
> that if you kept the revs up it was kinda ok, let the revs drop off, it'd
> cough and die.  It might be interesting to artificially heat the coil with a
> heat gun and then when it's good 'n hot, try starting the car.  At least you
> will find the problem or eliminate the coil as a suspect.
> Jim '66 turbovert
>
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> Smitty via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 9:25 AM
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> Subject: <VV> Car stops after 20 Mi
>
> Smitty Sez  ; Thanks to all for their suggestions concerning the car that
> stops and the poorly functional brakes.  We may not get back to the car
> before after the holidays.  To those who asked about the way the car stops,
> it starts running poorly, immediately upon slowing, losing power and
> staggering, until it finally dies.  Will start again maybe an hour later and
> drive on home.
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