------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Plan to Sell a Home? http://us.click.yahoo.com/J2SnNA/y.lEAA/MVfIAA/8LmulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 10 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. FW: 1974 JH - hesitation when turning left... From: john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx 2. Car Transport Available From: "Jess" <jdmiklas@xxxxxxx> 3. Re: no more popping From: "Laurence G. Johnson" <laurence_g_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> 4. no more popping - reply From: John Hertog <crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 5. 300G shines - area (western PA) charity car cruise From: "Myles Wallace" <myles1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 6. Re: no more popping - reply From: RONVE@xxxxxxx 7. RE: no more popping - reply From: john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx 8. RE: no more popping - reply From: Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 9. Re: no more popping - reply From: paulholm <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10. Bad Dist. From: G Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:11:12 -0600 From: john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: FW: 1974 JH - hesitation when turning left... Thought I would share this with the list, given what John Hertog is going through. It seems only NASCAR vehicles are made to go left. John -----Original Message----- From: JE Tipp [mailto:j.tipp@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:30 PM To: jensen-cars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: 1974 JH - hesitation when turning left... Any advice on possible source of this problem or solutions? My '75 JH runs great. 82K original miles, twin Strom's, Pertonix ignitor & coil, Magnecore wires, but otherwise original. The only exception is when making a left turn (or sharp curve) and accelerating the car hesitates as if it has run out of gas. This is true whether starting from a stoplight or driving under any speed. The caveat is mostly around how much I'm accelerating- if I'm not pushing it, there's little to no hesitation. The issue does not arise when turning right or at any other time. Ideas? Thanks. Jayson Tipp '74 JH 19974 _______________________________________________________________________ Courtesy the Jensen-cars mailing list. Subscribe and unsubscribe info at: <http://www.british-steel.org/faq/jensen-cars.html>. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:57:36 -0400 From: "Jess" <jdmiklas@xxxxxxx> Subject: Car Transport Available Group: A fellow named JACK DEAN picks up and transports vehicles anywhere in the EASTERN half of USA. He will also transport "NOT-RUNNING" , PARTS CARS and "HULKS" (which is the basis of MY 300 collection) He uses an oversize single car open trailer at this time. He can get a whole car and a large pile of parts at one time. He can also "warehouse" your vehicle indoors. Got a great deal on a project car if you buy it right away but you have no place to put it? He can pick it up and store it indoors at reasonable monthly increments and then deliver at your convenience. He can also offer "dismantling service". Found a parts car with that engine and transmission you need, gotta get it right away, but live in an area where dismantling vehicles offends the neighbors? He will pick it up, dismantle it at his warehouse and deliver to you just those PARTS you want. As usual with small transporters, You must carry your own insurance on transported vehicles and He MIGHT travel to Canada but you would have to meet him and handle CUSTOMS hassles. He is a good guy and he is HONEST! Call JACK DEAN @ 412-496-1723 (Washington,Pennsylvania) Jeff Miklas [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:04:21 -0400 From: "Laurence G. Johnson" <laurence_g_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: no more popping John, Please pass along whatever Don finds in the distributor. This is one of those perplexing issues that you just have to know about to fix. Wonder if the problem is commom to all the old cast iron dual point units.... Glad you found it. LGJ >From: John Hertog <crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: Chrysler 300 Club Listverver <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [Chrysler300] no more popping >Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:39:55 -0400 >Hi to all and thanks to all that responded. Seems problem is solved - no >more popping. > >First started by driving car immediately when cold. I thought that perhaps >the fact that the chokes were still closed would affect SOMETHING . It >didn't - the car popped immediately, just as before, as soon as I got to >the traffic circle a few hundred feet down the road. > >Before starting on big work, like pulling the rams off, it seemed logical >to try the easy stuff first. The solution? Replaced the distributor with > >another unit. Solved the problem completely - I cannot get the carbs to >pop >or sputter no matter if I turn left, or right, or whatever ! It was an >instantaneous fix. Whew ! > >Why a distributor problem would make a car pop back thru the carbs on left >hand turns is totally beyond me. Visual inspection of old distributor >reveals nothing afoul. I intend to ship the distributor to Don Verity so he >can set it up on his Sun distributor machine and hopefully find out what >was wrong with it. > >Thanks again to all that responded . It all helped ! Maybe this can help >diagnose Pete Fitch's 300G as well ! > >300'ly to all > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:14:51 -0400 From: John Hertog <crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: no more popping - reply Hi Larry, Well, I guess if there is one lesson to be learned from all this mess.In the case of a ram car that pops back thru the carbs, the problem is not necessarily carburetor related. All my "gut feeling" and past experience with cars seemed to indicate that the popping was due to improper float level in the carbs. Indeed, I did drive this car to my carburetor repair shop, and test drove it, with the shop owner in the car. He heard the popping and also, immediately, concurred that this was a carb problem ! He indicated that he thought it was a lean condition occuring on turns . We played with the carbs for quite awhile until we both ran out of time and got nowhere. Couldn't find anything wrong with the carbs anyway - took the tops off, float level was to spec ! Yes, if Don Verity finds a specific problem with the distributor, we will share these findings with the list ! I still can't for the life of me comprehend how left turns could affect a distributor to the point that this one was affected... it defies my logic... but, so be it, the problem is solved. It was an immediate fix, the problem was constantly present before the distributor swap and disappeared completely with another distributor installed ! I will add this : it really helped, in my case, to have spare carbs and distributors on hand to swap out... if I didn't have the spare carbs, I'd probably still be chasing a carburetor issue ! John ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:40:11 -0400 From: "Myles Wallace" <myles1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: 300G shines - area (western PA) charity car cruise Hey Gang --- Attended what turned out to be a very large charity car cruise over this past weekend. 300 G attracted lots of attention in an interesting mix of years, makes and models. Turns out photos taken and available at www.cadillaclasalle.com (don't ask) under Car Cruise Links, All Makes + All Models; Cruise-A-Palooza, Sept 21. Take note of a snapshot with my 5 yr daughter - classic case of Enough already Dad! Regards Myles http://www.nauticom.net ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:54:19 EDT From: RONVE@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: no more popping - reply In a message dated 9/26/2002 12:17:26 PM Central Daylight Time, crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I still can't for the life of me > comprehend how left turns could affect a distributor to the point that this > one was affected... it defies my logic... but, so be it, the problem is > solved. It was an immediate fix, the problem was constantly present before > the distributor swap and disappeared completely with another distributor > installed ! > Hi John, I agree with your 'defying logic', ... However, there still remains the possibility that you solved the problem by moving something (the REAL problem) when you removed the distributor and then replaced it! It will be interesting if Don finds 'nothing'. Ron... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:33:32 -0600 From: john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: no more popping - reply Remember that on a 413 the distributor points to the passenger (right) side of the car, so on right turns there is a downforce applied to the shaft and weights, while on left turns there is an upward force, which may affect something inside the distributor. Don may not be able to simulate this on his machine. John -----Original Message----- From: RONVE@xxxxxxx [mailto:RONVE@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:54 PM To: crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; laurence_g_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] no more popping - reply In a message dated 9/26/2002 12:17:26 PM Central Daylight Time, crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I still can't for the life of me > comprehend how left turns could affect a distributor to the point that this > one was affected... it defies my logic... but, so be it, the problem is > solved. It was an immediate fix, the problem was constantly present before > the distributor swap and disappeared completely with another distributor > installed ! > Hi John, I agree with your 'defying logic', ... However, there still remains the possibility that you solved the problem by moving something (the REAL problem) when you removed the distributor and then replaced it! It will be interesting if Don finds 'nothing'. Ron... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:59:46 -0700 From: Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: no more popping - reply You might take a look at the ground wire inside the distributor, every time the vacuum advance plate moves it wiggles that wire, and it could have broken strands inside the insulation. Mike At 01:33 PM 9/26/2002 -0600, john_nowosacki@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Remember that on a 413 the distributor points to the passenger (right) >side of the car, so on right turns there is a downforce applied to the >shaft and weights, while on left turns there is an upward force, which may >affect something inside the distributor. Don may not be able to simulate >this on his machine. >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: RONVE@xxxxxxx [mailto:RONVE@xxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:54 PM >To: crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; laurence_g_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx; >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] no more popping - reply > > >In a message dated 9/26/2002 12:17:26 PM Central Daylight Time, >crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > I still can't for the life of me > > comprehend how left turns could affect a distributor to the point that this > > one was affected... it defies my logic... but, so be it, the problem is > > solved. It was an immediate fix, the problem was constantly present before > > the distributor swap and disappeared completely with another distributor > > installed ! > > > >Hi John, >I agree with your 'defying logic', ... >However, there still remains the possibility that you solved the problem by >moving something (the REAL problem) when you removed the distributor and then >replaced it! >It will be interesting if Don finds 'nothing'. >Ron... > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >To send a message to this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For list server instructions, go to >http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > >To send a message to this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For list server instructions, go to >http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:09:43 -0500 From: paulholm <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: no more popping - reply Mike Apfelbeck wrote: > > You might take a look at the ground wire inside the distributor, every > time the vacuum advance plate moves it wiggles that wire, and it could have > broken strands inside the insulation. > > Mike If I remember rightly, my 57 distributor has a CLOTH covered wire inside the dist. That can age and fray enough to short out at the wrong time. Would his car have the same if it was the original wire?? -- Paul Holmgren Hoosier Corps #33, L-6 2 57 300-C's in Indy ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:31:08 -0700 From: G Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Bad Dist. Now that the popping was solved, I'm going to take a shot at why the dist.is causing the problem. First I think you will find something wrong with the mechanical advance weights. maybe a broken spring or a stuck weight. and possibility something in the vacuum advance system Its normal for your fuel level to change on a turn, but if you add an advance system problem on top of the fuel level the problem it could cause the problem. Just a wild guess. Gary Barker ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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