[alfa] Re: spider just quit

["Stephen D. Thompson" <thompsonlaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 71 Berlina did this (fuel pump stopped working, car sputtered and quit)
recently and my Hailey/Seattle mechanic (Ray Segale) helped me figure out
that it was a fuse problem.  My fuse holder in the little "extra" fuse box
on the left broke (the plastic cracked and would not hold the fuse tight.)
Ray suggested I take the wires and connect them to a 15 Amp blade fuse as in
a toyota.  Voila!  up and running.  So, check the fuses.

Steve Thompson
71 Berlina
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> From: owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided (alfa-digest)
> Reply-To: alfa@domain.elided
> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 04:34:57 +0000
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: alfa-digest V9 #859
> 
>> * When the car gradually quit running, it acted like it was
>> missing on a cylinder or two and then quit.
>> Summary: She isn't getting gas, but I'm not real sure where
>> the best place to start is. My gut tells me to change the
>> filters first because they're going to be the cheapest and
>> easiest, but I'm thinking the electric pump may be the
>> logical first step, with clogged injector concerns falling
>> someplace in the middle there. Any thoughts on where to start?
> 
> Is the pump working?  Can you hear it humming?  If not, then find out
> why, otherwise replace the filters, they're much cheaper than the pump.
> Just because they look new on the outside, they might still be clogged.
> 
> Fwiw, you might replace the filters, get it running, then have the new
> ones clog up with crud from the tank.
> 
> bs
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