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Subject:Re: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed)
From:John Runberg
Date:Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:29:29 -0400

Runs fine just no power. No missing or anything. Higher rpms seem
better.

On Apr 16, 2008, at 10:19 PM, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> Does it run fine once you're up to speed?  Possibly vacuum line to the
> distributor. Did you check all vacuum hoses?
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> John Runberg
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:39 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed)
>
> Anyone have a moment to share their opinion? We were supposed to go
> camping this weekend but the westy's conspiring against us :(
>
> Basically, there's no low-end power -- ex. if we're going 45mph in
> 4th and go to accelerate it just lags. Try 35mph in 4th and nothing.
> It'll get there after a little, but this is just not right. Downshift
> and it's better, but not great.
>
> Details: 1983.5 Westy with a 1.9 engine, rebuilt 25k ago. New plugs/
> cap/rotor/wires. Had bad throttle response and replaced the AFM with
> a known-good unit. No gas smell. Idles fine.
>
> Ideas? Tomorrow I'm going to start going through it -- any thoughts
> appreciated!
>
> john
>