Ughhhh....or poor running Fiat

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chico

Ughhhh....or poor running Fiat

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Hey Guys got a ongoing problem I've been battling with for a while.......car dies once it gets to operational temp.
History is.......
1978 Spider

Replaced points to Crane 700 ignition
Replaced ballast resistor
Replaced plugs
replaced Cap and Roter
Replaced Plug wires
Replaced Coil

Car was and still is missing a bit

Fuel system has somewhere between 4.5 and 6.5 PSI and in 10 seconds I can fill approximately 250 ML of fuel from pump
Carb rebuilt last year

Oil pressure is
# 1 cyl 137
#2 cyl 132
#3 cyl 135
#4 cyl 131

Fuel filters have been replaced and moved close to carb.

I'm going to try and post a link to you tube of car in present condition. Thanks for reading post is way to Long.......
http://youtu.be/LYLWfW0vjFQ
Thanks Rob
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azruss
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Your car is a: 80 Fiat 2000 FI

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need to do a little detective work when the car is dead. only 2 things can be missing, spark or fuel. first, check for spark. you can do this by pulling a plug wire and put it in your mouth while resting your hand on the car. If you regain conciousness in 10 minutes, then you know you have spark :mrgreen:
chico

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So now we have that answer, which is awesome cause I tried convincing my son to try it and he told me to bugger off. I can start the car with a little time and love, so spark is present Coil is cool and voltage stays at the ballast resistor the whole time. It stalls once the fan starts so I'm thinking........ No idea. Thanks
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124JOE
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Your car is a: 1978 124 fiat spider sport 1800
Location: SO. WI

Re: Ughhhh....or poor running Fiat

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bad ground at the battery
at least that was a problem i had

good luck
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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