Hi, Ben I had a similar problem in my '77 bus. I gave it a tune-up, drove it around for a week, and then headed up to Canada from New Jersey. I got about 4 hours into the trip, and the bus died. After a couple of tows and failed attempts to reset the timing, I determined that when I had adjusted the distributor to set the timing, I had not tightened it *quite* enough to stay in and it wiggled up a little on the drive in, which made the car untimeable. Of course, I now don't know how tight is tight enough... I have since twisted off the adjuster bolt and had a new one put in. The bus has been running fine since then (September). Good luck! Jay Ben Heavner said: > > I need help in Tacoma, WA with my '78 FI bus! I'm supposed to take a > friend home to California, and another to Colorado at the end of the week > before returing myself home to Texas, but the bus is not healthy for some > mysterious reason, and I need help to get on the road by Friday afternoon.. > > Here's the story: > Last night, I tried to take my girlfriend out to dinner, and as I give > the van gas to back up, it dies. I restart and try again, and every time > I give it gas, it dies. "Hmmm..." Thinks I, just before borrowing a > friend's car for the date. > > Earlier in the day, I had reset the point gap. Today, I again checked > the points (seem fine), then the valves (again, fine), then I replaced a > vaccum tube that I had duct-taped, then I put a new gasket on the > air-intake maifold for #3 and #4. Now, it runs even wors, like it's not > firing on all four. It also dies whenever I press on the gas. > -- Jay Goldberg IT5 UNIX Support 212.238.2678 \/ axion consulting svcs Credit Suisse Group jay@ska.com \/\/ jay@intac.com
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