Fuel Pump Problem?

["Rog & Jan van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd check the routing of the gas line from the pump to the
carb.  Sometimes the line was originally wrapped with an
insulating cover, probably asbestos, to avoid vapor lock.

--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '66
Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "DR CHALLENGER" <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Fuel Pump Problem?


| Sounds like a bad ignition coil.
|
|
|
| >From: "Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
| >>
| >
| >Here's the situation: My '53 Imperial, largely original
with under 70K
| >miles, sat in my garage from 1990 through 2002, run only
twice, on
| >consecutive days in '97, after a lot of work on my part.
I recently had
| >some work done on it by a master Chrysler restorer,
including getting the
| >motor running again. And it ran, after about a half hour
of roughness at
| >the shop, smoothly and quietly. The carb is newly
rebuilt, by the way.
| >
| >But here's the problem: Driving it home in September in
low 90 degree
| >weather, it "vapor locked" after about 10 miles of
driving, and 6 more
| >times until I got it home, which was about a 20 mile
trip. Each time, I
| >would pull it off the road, let it sit for about 5
minutes, and it would
| >easily start again, no sweat. Then, about 1.5 miles
lately, just like
| >clockwork, it would do it again. And over and over. I'd
step on the gas, it
| >would stumble, and then...nothing. This was scary, being
in metro Detroit
| >traffic. I even bought 2 pounds of ice at one stop, and
packed it around
| >the fuel pump, but I can't say that it helped. The power
steering goes too,
| >of course...This beat a workout at the gym, since I am
more of the distance
| >runner build (20 marathons) than weightlifter!
| >
| >I was lucky to get it back home.
| >
| >A couple of weeks later, with the temps in the 70s, I
drove it again. It
| >went about 10 miles or so, maybe a bit longer, and it
stopped again. This
| >time I was pretty close to home, so I got it back OK.
Started readily after
| >the usual 5 minute wait.
| >
| >A third time, it was in the 50s or something. I only
drove it less than 10
| >miles, and no stalls.
| >
| >Is this definitely a fuel pump problem? If yes, is a
rebuilt one to be
| >avoided compared to a new one. Should I just punt and put
in an electric
| >one?
| >
| >Any opinions, advice, will be appreciated, and thanks in
advance.
| >
|
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