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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / August 2005Coughing weezing Hawk
Need some technical assistance. My 62 GT Hawk- has me baffled. Yesterday while driving it 60 mph down the freeway- it lost power, almost acting like vapor lock. I managed to nurse it back home. Today it still acts the same way- it will idle and start fine, but acts like it is not getting fuel. Whenever you excelerate- it runs very rough- acting like it is starving for fuel./ I checked the fuel pump, and it fine. The one thing I did notice is where the fuel enters the WCFB carb- fuel is being forced out of the 3/4" plug-with the fuel screens- on top of the carb- front and back. I am wondering if it sucked up a bunch of dirt into fuel path. Any suggestions on a remedy? Thanks. Mitch Jacobs take filters out and check for trash. Bo > Need some technical assistance. My 62 GT Hawk- has me baffled. > Yesterday while driving it 60 mph down the freeway- it lost power, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks. Mitch Jacobs The small screens in the carb - I discovered are missing. > take filters out and check for trash. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > Thanks. Mitch Jacobs Change you coil What coil do you recommend? Look at the (+) side of your coil. If there is a pink wire there - then the correct coil is one with internal rsistance. 62 GT's came this way. If there is NO pink wire and it has been modified with a wire directly from the switch - through an external resistor - then you have to purchase one for an external resistor. BTW the external resistor is mounted just about anywhere. Mine is located on the intake manifold. Some are mounted directly to the coil bracket. It is made of ceramic and is about 3" long and is thumb sized. Thanks to all- I am going to start with the coil- I will keep you posted. Mitch If you have eliminated the fuel pump as the problem, next suspect would be fuel filters then the coil and lastly and not too likely the rotor in the distributor. > Need some technical assistance. My 62 GT Hawk- has me baffled. > Yesterday while driving it 60 mph down the freeway- it lost power, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks. Mitch Jacobs Points .... As Tom waits says "could be the distributor, might be the coil". |
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