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Sorry this took so long, I've put in about 60 hours this week..
Alrighty then. '89 LX, 5-speed carb, all options but underseat tray, riding on 13" Metro Steelies. 116k miles, A/C (works a tiny bit, needs recharge). Has pretty low rust, and he repaired the driver's side floorboard. All the carpet is out currently (what the black patches on the floor are - glue), so we're thinking of Rhino Lining inside and out. Oh, and SHORT SHIFTER. She rides like a new car.. seriously, she rides beautifully.
We bought it knowing the carb was a bit messed up (what he believes to be the problem), and got it 50/70 miles home before it stopped running haha.
Rest of my current pictures (some are a little blurry, sorry. I had 3 hours of sleep and 13 hours in at work when I took these LOL):
So here's what happened:
Once I went to leave work (bought car at 9PM 2 hours away from home, drove to work at 3AM lol), started right up. Got about 10 miles or so and started feeling a chug, decided I'd keep going until the next town (about 6 miles), then I'd pull over... I got about 1.5 miles more, and it chugged so bad I had to turn it off and coast onto a side road.
I spent the next two hours blowing out the rubber fuel lines I could access, cutting off the fuel filter (after trying to blow it out), and praying it would start.
What it does now:
Starts if you COMPLETELY hold the pedal down, runs to about 1.5k RPM, drops to 500, dies. If you pump (fast, repeatedly) the pedal after it starts, it'll chug hard but get to about 2k RPM before it dies.
I was originally thinking fuel pump.. but if it was the pump, would it get any fuel in the first place? I know with EFIs the pump goes, you go.. but don't the carbs have a manual pump and/or manual on engine + electric in tank? Would it be able to start with a bad pump?
Any help would be awesome. I'll be working on this gal all tomorrow, so any ideas at all!!
Thanks!
-Joe
Alrighty then. '89 LX, 5-speed carb, all options but underseat tray, riding on 13" Metro Steelies. 116k miles, A/C (works a tiny bit, needs recharge). Has pretty low rust, and he repaired the driver's side floorboard. All the carpet is out currently (what the black patches on the floor are - glue), so we're thinking of Rhino Lining inside and out. Oh, and SHORT SHIFTER. She rides like a new car.. seriously, she rides beautifully.
We bought it knowing the carb was a bit messed up (what he believes to be the problem), and got it 50/70 miles home before it stopped running haha.
Rest of my current pictures (some are a little blurry, sorry. I had 3 hours of sleep and 13 hours in at work when I took these LOL):
So here's what happened:
Once I went to leave work (bought car at 9PM 2 hours away from home, drove to work at 3AM lol), started right up. Got about 10 miles or so and started feeling a chug, decided I'd keep going until the next town (about 6 miles), then I'd pull over... I got about 1.5 miles more, and it chugged so bad I had to turn it off and coast onto a side road.
I spent the next two hours blowing out the rubber fuel lines I could access, cutting off the fuel filter (after trying to blow it out), and praying it would start.
What it does now:
Starts if you COMPLETELY hold the pedal down, runs to about 1.5k RPM, drops to 500, dies. If you pump (fast, repeatedly) the pedal after it starts, it'll chug hard but get to about 2k RPM before it dies.
I was originally thinking fuel pump.. but if it was the pump, would it get any fuel in the first place? I know with EFIs the pump goes, you go.. but don't the carbs have a manual pump and/or manual on engine + electric in tank? Would it be able to start with a bad pump?
Any help would be awesome. I'll be working on this gal all tomorrow, so any ideas at all!!
Thanks!
-Joe
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