Subject: Re: need help

Author: Michael Jones

Date: Aug 27, 2000, 3:35 PM

Post ID: 1702116606

Hi Michael,
Sounds kind of like fuel starvation. There are
"filters" on the petcocks inside the tank and the
round "filters" behind the fuel banjos on the carbs.
Have you
checked both of these? Also, make sure the vent hole
on the gas cap is not obstructed. Check the fuel for
water or sediment. Hope this helps.

Charlie

Michael Jones wrote:

I need some help, folks. My Ambo is

running so bad

now that I cannot even ride it. This problem has

been

developing gradually. It wasn't running very well

on

the way to work t'other day, but on the way home

it

got really bad. I couldn't make it all the way

home -

it would loose power and backfire a lot, then

regain

power for a few seconds, then loose power again.

It

isn't that it won't fire at all: but it misfires a

lot

and most fo the time when it does fire it doesn't
produce much power. I left it in a friend's garage
half way between work and home.
I have completely cleaned the carbs and

fuel finters,

and replaced the choke o-rings. I put in new spark
plugs, a different (not new, but good) coil, new

spark

plug wires, checked the timing and points (which

are

clean), and looked for shorts in the obvious

places. I

have not changed the condenser, because I am not

sure

if a malfunctioning condenser would cause these
symptoms - it would just cause the points to burn,

no?

How exactly does a condenser work?
I have the distributor at home now,

thinking perhaps

the points aren't grounding do to the oil and dirt

on

the plate that they attach to. Other then that and

the

condenser, I can't think of anything else to

check.

Any ideas?????

-Mike (69 Ambo)

=====
M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

"The heart has its reasons which reason does not

know." -Blaise Pascal

"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other

with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they
lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian
Blaga

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