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  • siii8873
    Overdrive
    • Jul 2007
    • 1011
    #1

    dang bugeye

    I have been working out the bugs on my bugeye after a multi year refurb. I had it running good until about a week ago. Then it started pulsing, very hard to feather the accelerator from idle to go, surging, poor starting after warm and surging. Thinking carb problem I started looking into it and noticed that the spring on the control levers had loosened up making for a bit of lost motion in the linkages. Corrected that and it was running very good, smooth acceleration / idle for a few days. Then yesterday iit started stalling at idle.
    Otherwise running/starting fine. DANG!
    THING 1 - 1973 88 SIII - SOLD
    THING 2 -1974 88 SIII Daily Driver - SOLD
    THING 3 - 1969 88 SIIA Bugeye Project
    THING 4 - 1971 109 SIIA ExMod - SOLD
    THING 5 - 1958 109 PU
    THING 6 - 1954 86" HT
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    • Opabob
      Low Range
      • Feb 2012
      • 40
      #2
      I'm sure others will have better advice, but some things I had to fix re. stalling at idle: fix vacuum leak in brake booster, replace coil that failed to spark when engine was warm, switch to electric fuel pump (probably not necessary but figured it couldn't hurt).

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        • siii8873
          Overdrive
          • Jul 2007
          • 1011
          #3
          It was the brake booster. I just hooked up the booster a few days ago. In hindsight I was thinking that the booster did not make much difference in braking after hooking it up, but the problem took a few days to start happening. Plugged the manifold port and now running fine again. We will have to see what's next ha ha.
          Sad part is that this is a new booster.
          THING 1 - 1973 88 SIII - SOLD
          THING 2 -1974 88 SIII Daily Driver - SOLD
          THING 3 - 1969 88 SIIA Bugeye Project
          THING 4 - 1971 109 SIIA ExMod - SOLD
          THING 5 - 1958 109 PU
          THING 6 - 1954 86" HT

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            • lumpydog
              3rd Gear
              • May 2014
              • 383
              #4
              Originally posted by siii8873
              It was the brake booster. I just hooked up the booster a few days ago. In hindsight I was thinking that the booster did not make much difference in braking after hooking it up, but the problem took a few days to start happening. Plugged the manifold port and now running fine again. We will have to see what's next ha ha.
              Sad part is that this is a new booster.
              Little carb cleaner sprayed around suspected leaking areas will expose vacuum leaks...
              1968 Series IIa
              1997 Defender SW (Original Owner - Sold)

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                • cedryck
                  5th Gear
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 836
                  #5
                  Small leaks around the intake, and where the carb meets the manifold can create re-occurring symptoms of stall and poor performance.

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