| ignition module and mystery [message #85265] |
Wed, 19 May 2010 13:05  |
fred v
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Registered: April 2006
Location: pensacola, fl.
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bringing the coach home yesterday it started stumbling/cutting out and finally quit all together and would not restart.
i pulled the air cleaner and saw i was getting no fuel squirt in the carb. looked at the clear filter by the engine and it was all but empty. turn on the elec. pump; no fuel but pump was running. 1/2 tank of gas.
pulled fuel line off suction side of elec. pump; had gas there. pulled line off pump outlet, turned it on no gas.
John Nichols, bless his heart, drove over with a new pump. i installed it and got gas to the carb only to find i had no spark.
pulled the module out and went to Autozone. they tested it and said it failed but didn't have one. went to O'Riley's and tested it and they said it was OK. wow, now what. bought a new one and installed it and the engine fired up on the first crank.
now the mystery:
i run on the mechanical pump and use the elec. one for priming the carb. so why was the carb empty when the engine quit? i drove home on the mechanical pump so i know it was working.
second: what are the odds of the elec. pump and module both going out at the same time? it is possible that the elec. pump was not working all along and i just discovered it but still why was the carb empty?
Fred V
'77 Royale RB 455
P'cola, Fl
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