I have indeed had the module quit with no other problems. This is common
enough to warrant keeping a spare in the car.
M
On Sunday 10 September 2006 20:50, RickChiero wrote:
> I never seen a module fail while driving but I have seen the pickup coils
> fail. He may want to ohm that pickup or se
Joe,
I had something eerily simililar happen with a car with points (stock '65
Cutlass, 330 engine, also mostly sitting, also coming from CA)
The distributor cam lobe was not greased and wore down the nylon portion
of the points, so they would open (gap) less and less until the engine
would not
Joe Walters asked:
I don't think I was ever driving when a module quit. Do GM modules
always fail completely at once?
No, I've had one act up before.
The car would start and run until it got warm and then run like crap
and die. Finally one day it died on the way home. She'd almost sta
I don't think I was ever driving when a module quit. Do GM modules always
fail completely at once?
Usually, yes. Dead stop. I've taken to carrying a spare since it's such an
easy roadside repair.
I have had another make quit intermittently, would even restart when it
cooled down, only to die
I also have had that problem of intermittent ignition
(on a 79 Toro, yet). Make sure the spark is strong,
otherwise it could be module or coil.
Timing chain is easy enough to check, just see
how many degrees you can rock the crank back
and forth, before the rotor starts to move.
Certainl
I never seen a module fail while driving but I have seen the pickup coils
fail. He may want to ohm that pickup or see if the wires are broke to it.
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From: "73H/O OLDSRIP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject:
Hi Greg,
Ya, no fuel would do it for sure.
I don't think I was ever driving when a module quit. Do GM modules
always fail completely at once?
I have had another make quit intermittently, would even restart when it
cooled down, only to die again when warmed up.
Joe Walters
73 H/O
Greg Beaulie
I would tend to think that the Nylon gears would actually be better
off sitting for 27 years than running daily. No heat cycling or
stress cycling.
My money's on something like your coil, flaky module connection, or
fuel filter. How's the float bowl level? Fuel pump diaphragm?
Filter?
Best of
Joe
The surge before it dies could be from lean burning
as it starved for fuel. Likely the fresh fuel
loosened the varnish from years of standing and
plugged the fuel line. I had this happen twice. My
on the road remedy was to disconect the fuel line at
the pump and blow carb cleaner back to th
Joe, One way to tell if the timing skiped is if it is blowing out of the carb instead of sucking air in during cranking. Joe
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, 73H/O OLDSRIP wrote:
> Sorry to hear about that road trip, Joe. Did you check for spark? I'm
> thinking ignition module might have fried in the heat if there is no spark.
Yeah, I was thinking that -- but was dissuaded by the "wants to start"
behavior, if it was a module it'd
Joe Varley wrote:
I flew to LA on Saturday morning to drive the new '79 Toro 450 miles home. I
was 180 miles out of Ventura when the engine stopped just east of Palm
Springs. I coasted 1/2 way up an off ramp, pulled way off to the side and
tried to start it. It cranked normally. It was popping
I flew to LA on Saturday morning to drive the new '79 Toro 450 miles home. I
was 180 miles out of Ventura when the engine stopped just east of Palm
Springs. I coasted 1/2 way up an off ramp, pulled way off to the side and
tried to start it. It cranked normally. It was popping softly out the tail
pi
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