Re: 83 Wagon Stalling

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:05:45 GMT, "Stryker45" scribbled:

My friend had this problem. Turned out to be the vacuum hose from the carburettor.

-- Phillip Weston Taumarunui, New Zealand

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Well after checking out the fuel system, and finding it to be fine, I turned to the ignition system, coil checked out fine, replaced the distributor as there was a crack in it, but still no go, matter of fact it was getting worse, no spark off of the coil whatsoever.

Well after 2 days of pulling my hair out it turns out it was a blown fuse, ripped out the 20 amp one out of the heater slot, put it in the one for the ignition/coil and she fired right up.

I am wondering if this was the problem after all, it was blown but still making contact intermittently therefore causing the engine to stall

/shrug

thanks for the ideas everyone

Glad you got it fixed - and thanks for posting back so everyone can learn.

Bill Putney (to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with "x")

/sigh

The saga continues, I believe I have finally come to the root of my problem, after about 3 days of it running with no problems the same thing occured but this time it will not start at all.

I thought It was the fuel pump but after pulling it ,when I hook it directly to the battery it pumps away just fine. It appears that the fuel pump control unit (Haynes Manual term) / Revolution Sensor (Subaru Dealers term) Is the problem, It is not allowing power through to the pump.

So I am on the lookout for a Revolution Sensor (Dealer wants 175.00 CDN for it mmmmmm I don't think so :) and the local wreckers have none. Found one in Victoria (about 3 hours away from me) for $35.00 CDN, but I think I am going to try bypassing this unit and custom wire the pump first before dumping any more money into a $300.00 Car .

I'll Post back the results after my latest adventure in Soobie Land concludes :)

Oh and Bill, I have posted about this on the