Hi guys,
Here is one that is a little more complicated than I first thought.
Last Sunday I could not get the car to idle. I then stripped the whole carb down and rebuilt it. This had no benefit. The scenario was that while the ignition switch was on the starter the car would idle and then when you let the key go to the run position, the car would stall.
I looked at the fuse box and found one to be blown, unknown to me what it was for I replaced it and then the car ran.
All week that fuse has been intact and the car running fine - even until last night.
This morning I tried to start the car and had the same thing as last Sunday occurred. Car will start when turning the starter but then once you go to the run position, the car stalls.
Now, I am suspecting that it is electrical and think that I can isolate it to one of 3 areas and I am hoping someone can help me confirm this.
1. Fuel cut off solenoid - for some reason the fuel cut off solenoid is not staying engaged when the key is returned to the run position
2. Ignition barrel - that there is a fault in the ignition barrel and when I let the key go to the run position it is actually finding the off position.
3. The fuse box is faulty - and needs to be replaced or refurbished as I am also suffering slow wiper speed and have no rear de-mister function.
I am also thinking that it may pay to replace items like the points and condenser just as a precaution.
I am stumped and am willing to try to fix the issues, but am not exactly super at using devices such as multi-meters to find faults.
Anyone ever experienced this?
Car has a 1.5 litre from an Audi Fox with Solex 34 pict 3 carb and a normal distributor ignition with points.
Here is one that is a little more complicated than I first thought.
Last Sunday I could not get the car to idle. I then stripped the whole carb down and rebuilt it. This had no benefit. The scenario was that while the ignition switch was on the starter the car would idle and then when you let the key go to the run position, the car would stall.
I looked at the fuse box and found one to be blown, unknown to me what it was for I replaced it and then the car ran.
All week that fuse has been intact and the car running fine - even until last night.
This morning I tried to start the car and had the same thing as last Sunday occurred. Car will start when turning the starter but then once you go to the run position, the car stalls.
Now, I am suspecting that it is electrical and think that I can isolate it to one of 3 areas and I am hoping someone can help me confirm this.
1. Fuel cut off solenoid - for some reason the fuel cut off solenoid is not staying engaged when the key is returned to the run position
2. Ignition barrel - that there is a fault in the ignition barrel and when I let the key go to the run position it is actually finding the off position.
3. The fuse box is faulty - and needs to be replaced or refurbished as I am also suffering slow wiper speed and have no rear de-mister function.
I am also thinking that it may pay to replace items like the points and condenser just as a precaution.
I am stumped and am willing to try to fix the issues, but am not exactly super at using devices such as multi-meters to find faults.
Anyone ever experienced this?
Car has a 1.5 litre from an Audi Fox with Solex 34 pict 3 carb and a normal distributor ignition with points.
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