help! hesitation again

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	well, let's see.

	mike and i met up this afternoon and decided to hold
	off on the fuel line replacement.  we kind of forgot
	to find out what type and size parts to purchase - 
	diameter of fuel line, stuff like that.

	so i worked on some wiring replacement (and finally 
	licked the 4k cutout) and mike noted when i moved the 
	car that the break lights were not functioning.  blah.
	i checked the switch at the pedal and it works - full
	continuity when the pedal is depressed.  the lead
	going into the pedal has a clean 12v or so.  since both
	brake lights do not function, thoug hthe bulbs and 
	other lights are ok, i assume there's something before
	they split and intend to hunt it down.  though it's
	really hard to see anything beyond the fuse panel, 
	and it's worrysome to move stuff around in there lest
	something else come lose.  the fuse, btw, is fine.

	anyway, the real problem.  followed mike's urq on a
	spirited drive out to 2bennett to drop off his car
	for some fine tuning.  had a nice dinner and got back
	on the freeway to head home.

	some of you may remember the post i made when i arrived
	back in sf after driving the car out from denver.  i 
	encountered a hesitation-kind of problem.  this problem
	returned, with me several months under the hood wiser 
	and also with another (much better) mechanic in the car.
	basically, the car will hesitate, losing 10-25% of 
	overall power.  boost is unaffected, according to the
	gague.  the power loss is intermittent, and we discovered
	that putting the pedal to the floor will always bring
	back the power, with a thump, somewhere between one
	and two seconds.  theory here is that whatever is 
	going wrong gets put right again when the wot switch
	opens up.  also, if this hesitation is allowed to 
	continue without using the floor-it method to make
	the temporary fix, the car will pretty much lose 
	all power and limp to a stop - with the engine still 
	running.  it idles totally fine.

	let's see.  after i picked it up from the first repair 
	i had at 2bennett, this problem had been corrected, 
	though i don't know if it was specifically addressed 
	or fixed as part of some other repair.  i do know that 
	they replaced the fuse panel and i was rooting around
	*a little* around there today. also, perhaps more than
	coincidentally, the brake lights did not function when
	i took the car to 2b too.  some sort of deep electrical
	demons?

	well, that's about it for now.  thanks for reading,
	i can't wait for y'alls selection.



--
 rocky mullin
 http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
 two strokes are faster than four!
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 '83 ur-q - yamaha rz350 - suzuki ts250 -  chaotic good