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 posted on September 19th, 2004 at 02:59 PM |
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hmm yet another problem with my baja seems to be an ignition thing....can someone help please. 68Autobug perhaps? youre pretty electrical lee lol
ok so driving home from work on saturday afternoon. car going fine and then all of a sudden the engine stops in mid drive.....hmm i think and pull
over. i check the leads and fuel lines etc. everything looked fine so i got back in the car and it started fine and then drove home......i figured i
must have somehow bumped the ignition key off when i changed down to 3rd for the hill i was climbing kinda un likely but the only thing i could think
of. then later that evening (batman cartoon comentary voice). i was driving into town to get some coke to go with some home brew rum we happend to
have (no i had not consumed any alcahol before the trip). and then climbing another hill........made a pop noise and it happend again! bah pulled
over....took off the dissy cap and wound engine over ....the points were opening and closing fine and everything seemed fine......so i drove home
(didnt bother going into town) so now this morning i checked all the wiring at the back and changed any dodgy stuff (looks alot neater now  ) and then we decided to take a shorter trip down to the corner store with its
highly inflated prices to get coke about half an hour ago and itstarted fine but as i revved it a bit it missed a beat hmm ok.......so then i drove to
the shop and it kept sort of turning off (like it would stop firing and then roll start itself) was especially bad driving up the hill coming home. im
waiting for the engine to cool down so i can pull the plugs but could this be a faulty coil? or what? someones got to have had something like
this.......i dont get it its wierd the tappets also seem to have gotten loud on the passenger side. anyone got an idea? condensor perhaps?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:01 PM |
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oh and since doing to points a week or 2 ago latly.....it was great for like a week (no backfiring running sweet as) it has started to backfire when
i take my foot of the go pedal...especially going down hills.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:11 PM |
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sounds like the coil
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:15 PM |
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yeah thats what i was thinking.....its a bosch GT40 coil they arent that exxy i will get a new one anyway......is it worth getting another GT40 or
just get a standard bosche coil?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 04:07 PM |
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Have you got a Tacho in the Baja bug?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 04:22 PM |
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nope unfortunatly
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 04:35 PM |
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Thats ok, the wire from the coil to the tacho can give the same symptoms if it earths out......Is the wire from the coil to the distributor ok and not
exposed anywhere? Also do you have a standard carby with a fuel cut off solenoid?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:14 PM |
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yep standard carbie.....30pict 2 the fuel cut off solinoid is connected and the wire to the dissy is connected well with no exposure......all the
wiring in the engine bay should be top notch i just spent ages today looking for a loose one.....is there a way to check the fuel cut off solinoid?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:18 PM |
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Yeah, take it out of the carby and see if the end has been cut off already....... if it has then that is not the problem, if it is still intact, then
refit it the the carby, turn the ignition on and then take the wire on & off the solenoid, you should here an audible click if it is working.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:20 PM |
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ok ill go do that now
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:35 PM |
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when i took the wire off the solinoid the engine stopped
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:41 PM |
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Ok I'll rephrase that.........with the engine off , turn the ignition to the on position not start, then take the wire on and off for the
click......was the wire tight?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:43 PM |
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the wire was pretty tight ill go try again.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:45 PM |
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ok yes i hear the click
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:53 PM |
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When you did the points, did you clean the contacts before fitting? They come with a protective coating to stop them rusting which needs to be wiped
off before installing, also you need to put a little grease on the rubbing block to stop it wearing out too early.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 05:59 PM |
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they were reasonably new points that were already in the dissy we didnt get new ones cause they were new we just adjusted and cleaned them off
however vince from up the road filed a little bit of burning off the points but he knows what hes doing i wouldnt file them. the fuel cut of solinoid
makes sense if it was that but it seems to work fine if the coil is wearing out would it do this?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 06:02 PM |
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Coils dont usually wear out as such, they usually just stop working. See if you can borrow one from someone before shelling out the dollars.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 06:06 PM |
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ive got the one in my superbug ill pull it out tomorrow and check it. it should work fine though it hasnt been started in 6 months.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 06:22 PM |
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when it cuts out, does it cut out for more than 1 second?
So if you driving, does it cut, then just roll over in gear for a while, you pump the pedal and nothing happens, and then it starts working again?
It you can do that, without a huge bang out the exhaust when it restarts, then I really doubt it's the ignition. It's probably the fuel.
You see if the ignition totally cuts, but fuel keeps going thru, and then the ignition restarts, it will ignite the fuel in the exhaust. It's like
doing a key-banger if you know what that is.
I suspect you may be having fuel problems. When's the last time the carby was cleaned out properly? how's the fuel filter look?
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 06:41 PM |
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yeah i know what a key banger is.....its only for a second or so and the carb was rebuilt recently and even more recently i pulled it off and blew out
the jets and fuel passages with compressed air the fuel filter is about 2 weeks old and clean.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 07:17 PM |
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you could try the jeff hibbard $2 tune up. Take the air cleaner off, rev the engine up and then stick your hand flat over the opening of the carb. As
it dies down towards idle take you hand back off. Do this a couple of times.
If you have any crap (water in particular) sitting in your float bowl it will basically try to suck it through the engine. The trick works best if you
can put a small hose on the float bowl vent to extend it past the top of the carb. Then do it so you cover the throat of the carb with your hand, but
not the float bowl vent. Then she'll really suck through that main jet.
PS - water is denser than fuel, so it sits at the bottom of the float bowl where your main jet is. Also because it is denser and more viscous than
fuel it doesn't flow through the main jet properly. So basically a little bit of water is capable of blocking a main jet.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 07:20 PM |
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hmm ok as long as this wont damage anything ill try it tomorrow.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 07:41 PM |
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it won't damage anything.
The hose to extend the float bowl vent line is a good thing, stops fuel sloshing out of the vent on rough terrain.
And the putting your hand over the carb when the engine is revving at full throttle will make you crap yourself the first time you do it (as it sucks
your hand to the carb). But don't worry, you and the car will be fine. Don't lean your head over the carb though, just in case it pops back through
the carb (I haven't had it happen but it is possible).
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 07:51 PM |
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hmm maybe ill put a bit of plastic over insteat of my hand
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 07:58 PM |
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don't use thin plastic like a coles bag, it will suck it right down there.
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| posted on September 19th, 2004 at 08:01 PM |
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nah i was thinking a peice of acrillic
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| posted on September 20th, 2004 at 08:33 PM |
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ok i dont know whether it was mucking about with the fuel cut of solinoid on the cabie or wes' hand over the carbie throat technique but i just drove
to and from work tonight (20 mins each way) and had no dramas so it appears to be fixed.....thanks for the help guys....especially 11cab and baja
wes.
Nick
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