Classic condenser failure?

Jembow

Jembow

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Did a 60 mile run visiting family Saturday. Cruising up the main road at around 50mph, I sensed a slights misfire. Further on I went to pass a tractor and it was slow to pick up. Long story short, it got progressively worse. The last 5 miles home we're at around 20mph and it would not respond to wide throttle opening.

Next morning it roared down the road.
 
I had one fail on me and it just quit all together, no warning, no sputtering, just quit.
 
Jembow said:
Did a 60 mile run visiting family Saturday. Cruising up the main road at around 50mph, I sensed a slights misfire. Further on I went to pass a tractor and it was slow to pick up. Long story short, it got progressively worse. The last 5 miles home we're at around 20mph and it would not respond to wide throttle opening.

Next morning it roared down the road.
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Coil. Whwn they cool down, many times they work fine until they get hot again.
condensers generally just crap out. Period. My 2¢.
 
Definitely coil. Works when cool; fails when hot. Condenser failure is instantaneous and does not come back.
 
V8ER said:
Definitely coil. Works when cool; fails when hot. Condenser failure is instantaneous and does not come back.
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I beg to differ. Usually when a condenser fails, it is complete, IE a total fail.
Occasionally they fail "partially" and when that happens, the same symptoms of a failing coil occur.
I agree his issue is probably the coil but still advise one piece be swapped at a time.
 
Jembow said:
Did a 60 mile run visiting family Saturday. Cruising up the main road at around 50mph, I sensed a slights misfire. Further on I went to pass a tractor and it was slow to pick up. Long story short, it got progressively worse. The last 5 miles home we're at around 20mph and it would not respond to wide throttle opening.

Next morning it roared down the road.
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GUYS …...READ! Jembow is TRYING to 'learn' y'all something about the symptoms of a faulty CONDENSER. He didn't once ask opinions of what we thought was wrong! He made NO mention of a possible COIL problem! He had the car fixed and 'roaring down the road' the next morning! DD
 
V8COOPMAN said:
GUYS …...READ! Jembow is TRYING to 'learn' y'all something about the symptoms of a faulty CONDENSER. He didn't once ask opinions of what we thought was wrong! He made NO mention of a possible COIL problem! He had the car fixed and 'roaring down the road' the next morning! DD
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I don't read hos post that way. Hmmm???
The title to his thread was a question.
In his post, he said nothing about it being repaired, only that it roared down the road the next day.
A faulty coil, once cooled off, will be fine until it gets hot again. You know that. I sure do from a bad personal experience in bad part of town decades ago.
A guy tends to learn quickly when he's in a dangerous situation. But, I digress.

I'm guessing Jembow will weigh back in here. Now I'm especially curious :)
Hey Coop, there's a chicken dinner riding on this...
 
V8COOPMAN said:
GUYS …...READ! Jembow is TRYING to 'learn' y'all something about the symptoms of a faulty CONDENSER. He didn't once ask opinions of what we thought was wrong! He made NO mention of a possible COIL problem! He had the car fixed and 'roaring down the road' the next morning! DD
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I see no mention of him fixing anything. Most likely, the coil cooled down and started working again (which is typical). Had several not mentioned the coil, he would probably waste a lot of time chasing condensers when the problem was most likely the coil.
 
Kube said:
I don't read hos post that way. Hmmm???
The title to his thread was a question.
In his post, he said nothing about it being repaired, only that it roared down the road the next day.
A faulty coil, once cooled off, will be fine until it gets hot again. You know that. I sure do from a bad personal experience in bad part of town decades ago.
A guy tends to learn quickly when he's in a dangerous situation. But, I digress.

I'm guessing Jembow will weigh back in here. Now I'm especially curious :)
Hey Coop, there's a chicken dinner riding on this...
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Well, I like Popeye's! We'll see what Jembow says. Certainly wouldn't be the first time I wuz full of it! DD
 
I did nothing, it worked next morning when it had cooled down. I have a replacement coil & condenser bought from one of the vendors - it is marked HAI, does that mean it's a Skip coil?
 
Jembow said:
I did nothing, it worked next morning when it had cooled down. I have a replacement coil & condenser bought from one of the vendors - it is marked HAI, does that mean it's a Skip coil?
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NO ****-a-doodle for me tonight! DD


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