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 IEATSAND
 
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|  posted on June 8th, 2011 at 09:39 PM | 
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 engine missing around 3000rpm??? :S:S:S 
 
 
hi all, i have a 1964 beach buggy which is having some problems running. It is fine at idle but as i am going through gears it will miss a little
around 3000rpm then it will be fine after that and as i reach around 100kmph after a couple kilometers it will start missing and lose accelleration
then i will shift down gears it will continue missing and losing momentum and rpm then continue all the way through until i come to a complete stop
then it will stall. After 10 or so minutes it will start up and the process will continue. any thoughts would be much appreciated. | 
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 68AutoBug
 
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|  posted on June 8th, 2011 at 09:58 PM | 
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posted by IEATSAND 
hi all, i have a 1964 beach buggy which is having some problems running. It is fine at idle but as i am going through gears it will miss a little
around 3000rpm then it will be fine after that and as i reach around 100kmph after a couple kilometers it will start missing and lose accelleration
then i will shift down gears it will continue missing and losing momentum and rpm then continue all the way through until i come to a complete stop
then it will stall. After 10 or so minutes it will start up and the process will continue. any thoughts would be much appreciated.  
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Hi 
I Need to know what Distributor   [vacuum type??][ 009??] 
and carby You are using..  {Solex 30 PICT 2?} 
 
sounds like it may be a fuel problem... 
as when You push the accelerator down [at any speed] the extra fuel should get the engine running again... 
 
If its a vacuum only distributor - the vacuum diaphram may be leaking [worn out] and losing advance at speed.. 
 
can you read the numbers on the distributor?? 
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OR it can be a spark problem... depending on quality of parts 
 
Coil breaking down??  at speed? 
 
rotor button breaking down?? 
Condensor breaking down??               [common] 
distributor cap breaking down?? 
Points worn down or shorting??          [common] 
 
Main spark plug leak to coil breaking down..??    
[common on carbon or silicone leads] 
 
All the above things do fail and should be renewed 
 
they were replaced frequently when serviced by VW mechanics back in the 50s, 60s & 70s... 
 
BUT MY Guess is the first one... 
 
cheers 
 
Lee    in Freezing Scone... lol 
 
 
 
 
 
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|  posted on June 8th, 2011 at 10:27 PM | 
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If it starts again after a while I'd bet it's a fuel problem, mine had the same problem that haunted me for weeks, turned out to be a blocked fuel
filter, replaced that and the problem disapeared, seemed that just enough fuel was getting through till I reached a speed that required more fuel than
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|  posted on June 9th, 2011 at 08:17 AM | 
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yea what he said happened tp me took longer to fix as some smart bugger had another filter under the tank
 
 
 
 
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