<VV> Crapoutitis

[Harry Yarnell]

Fuel starvation?
Clogged stones or tank sock.?

harry yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Bannister" <jimster1 at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 3:45 AM
Subject: <VV> Crapoutitis


> Hi All,
>
> I think I'm beginning to suffer the death of my Pertronix ignition system.
> Is there a know failure mode?  What I'm seeing is the following, the 
> engine
> seems fine until its been operating for about 20 minutes.  Before 20
> minutes, it'll pull to the redline in 1, 2 And 3rd gear with 7psi boost
> without a hiccup.  Slowly as things warm, the engine will not pull under
> load without missing badly.  Even giving gas gently will cause it to miss
> and try to die.  Eventually, it won't idle or run under 2500 rpm.  If it
> dies, it'll restart but needs full throttle to get going.  Giving it a one
> hour rest, returns everything to normal.  Has anybody seen similar 
> symptoms?
> I'm first going to swap out the coil and see what happens.  After that, 
> I'll
> put the points back in and see what happens.  Can anyone think of anything
> else that I might be missing?
>
> Jim B.
>
> '66 turbovert (a sick puppy)
>
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent by the VirtualVairs mailing list, all copyrights are 
> the property
> of the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
> mailto:vv-help at corvair.org
> This list sponsored by the Corvair Society of America, 
> http://www.corvair.org/
> Post messages to: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Change your options: 
> http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs
> _______________________________________________
>