Re: '34 1101 Eight, Sluggish and Missing After 30 Minutes on the Road
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Forum Ambassador
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Your symptoms are not unlike those I experienced when one of the two ignition coils was beginning to fail. Not that there aren't other possibilities as well, including the power feed wire to the coils beginning to short out inside the metal conduit from the ignition switch. But simple enough to evaluate your coils, get a universal 6-volt coil from NAPA or elsewhere and, one at a time, temporarily substitute it for one of the original coils and go for a drive.
Posted on: 2017/8/16 8:13
|
|||
|
Re: '34 1101 Eight, Sluggish and Missing After 30 Minutes on the Road
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Home away from home
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thanks O.D. I'll give it a try ! As always, sincerely appreciate your help and all those years of experience behind it.
Best Regards, TomB
Posted on: 2017/8/16 13:59
|
|||
|
Re: '34 1101 Eight, Sluggish and Missing After 30 Minutes on the Road
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Home away from home
![]() ![]() ![]() |
O.D., Just getting to this test today, but am wondering, if one or both of the coils are failing, why wouldn't it show up immediately after I start the engine or drive down the road for a couple of blocks, rather than taking a 20-30 minute, 7 or so mile drive ??
Just trying to understand as much as I can about how all this works ! Thanks, TomB
Posted on: 2017/8/19 13:58
|
|||
|
Re: '34 1101 Eight, Sluggish and Missing After 30 Minutes on the Road
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Forum Ambassador
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Good performance on start-up and when cold but beginning to breakup as the coil begins to get warmer is classic sign of impending coil failure. Sorry, I can't give you the scientific explanation for what is changing inside the coil with temperature increases, but perhaps someone else can and will. I had to replace one of my originals years ago with a Larry Justice unit, and just last year I again had a failure and installed a new Bob Connole coil set. In both cases the symptoms were as you have described.
Posted on: 2017/8/19 14:31
|
|||
|
Re: '34 1101 Eight, Sluggish and Missing After 30 Minutes on the Road
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Home away from home
![]() ![]() ![]() |
O.D., I'd really be at a loss with a scientific explanation !
Your explanation is all I need to better understand the basic "whats and whys" of what is going on, and again, Thank you very much. Regards, TomB
Posted on: 2017/8/19 14:47
|
|||
|