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Hi fellow Mopars
I had the lean-burn removed from my 318 2bbl LeBaron last year and replaced with an electronic ignition system from Summit. After that the car ran fine all last season.
This Spring I started it up with no problems. The trouble began when I put it in D and tried to drive. When I speed up as I normally would, it dies. Only a feather-light touch on the gas will make it crawl along and not die. When in Park it will rev just fine !
So I crawled back home and googled some causes. Most answers pointed to the accelerator pump, so I checked the pump, and it seems to deliver fine. The fuel filter and fuel pump is new from last year.
While checking the carb I noticed the Ballast resistor was cracked all the way though - split in half lenghtwise, but still connected. The resistor has also been replaced last year as part of the overhaul. It´s the type with 2 pins.
Well I put on the old resistor and started up again. After a few minutes of warming up, the resistor starts to give off smoke and becoming really really hot. I turned off the car, measured the resistance to 1,5 Ohm, and here I am writing this. I suppose the previous resistor also cracked from overheating, but why ?
When you do the lean-burn deletion, should you also change the ballast resistor to a different type ?
Could the two problems (carb / resistor) be related ? As I said, it ran just fine all last year - no changes from then till now.
Any quick help would be appreciated, since I have a friend coming over from the US in less than a week, who can take smaller spare parts over.
Thanks in advance
I had the lean-burn removed from my 318 2bbl LeBaron last year and replaced with an electronic ignition system from Summit. After that the car ran fine all last season.
This Spring I started it up with no problems. The trouble began when I put it in D and tried to drive. When I speed up as I normally would, it dies. Only a feather-light touch on the gas will make it crawl along and not die. When in Park it will rev just fine !
So I crawled back home and googled some causes. Most answers pointed to the accelerator pump, so I checked the pump, and it seems to deliver fine. The fuel filter and fuel pump is new from last year.
While checking the carb I noticed the Ballast resistor was cracked all the way though - split in half lenghtwise, but still connected. The resistor has also been replaced last year as part of the overhaul. It´s the type with 2 pins.
Well I put on the old resistor and started up again. After a few minutes of warming up, the resistor starts to give off smoke and becoming really really hot. I turned off the car, measured the resistance to 1,5 Ohm, and here I am writing this. I suppose the previous resistor also cracked from overheating, but why ?
When you do the lean-burn deletion, should you also change the ballast resistor to a different type ?
Could the two problems (carb / resistor) be related ? As I said, it ran just fine all last year - no changes from then till now.
Any quick help would be appreciated, since I have a friend coming over from the US in less than a week, who can take smaller spare parts over.
Thanks in advance