[ROVERNET - UK] 3500S intermittent power loss

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I agree, fuel pump and clean the fuel lines.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brooks" <restore at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] 3500S intermittent power loss


> It sounds a lot like a problem with the electric fuel pump.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith at ssl.berkeley.edu>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 6:19 PM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] 3500S intermittent power loss
>
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>>
>> Hi Folks
>>
>> I have been a long time lurker and occasional poster on this list for a 
>> long time and I have a question concerning a problem with my 1970 3500S. 
>> I have convinced myself it is suffering from fuel starvation but I don't 
>> know what I'm talking about so I thought I would ask the group. Maybe 
>> someone has experienced this same problem.
>> I bought this car a few years back and have been struggling recently to 
>> get it back on the road. I am now driving it to work daily but it is 
>> intermittently losing power. Here are the symptoms I have gathered so 
>> far:
>> - It drives fine around town but when I get on the highway and drive for 
>> a bit, maybe 1/2 mile, it suffers a drastic loss in power if I'm at 
>> moderate throttle or greater. If I take my foot off the gas for a bit and 
>> then accelerate again power returns for a bit and then disappears again.
>> - On the highway this only happens going up a hill or where I have been 
>> using moderate throttle for a while.
>> - If I down shift the problem persists at the higher RPM.
>> - I can also get this to occur at lower RPM if I go up a long steep hill 
>> with wide open throttle.
>> - It doesn't appear to be temperature related since I can get right on 
>> the highway and lose power in about a half mile of accelerating while the 
>> engine is relatively cool.
>> - I put a new fuel filter in this morning with no effect.
>> - The vacuum advance is disabled at the moment, parts are on order, but 
>> Im thinking this isn't the problem since it is so intermittent  ...
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Chris
>> Northern California, USA
>> 1970 3500S P6b
>>
>>
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