[T2] [Q] Bus Stopped Running While Driving

[Jim Denton]

You need to identity or at least give a good description of the broken wire
to the coil.


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:15 PM, David C Matthews <dcm7293 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All-
>
> On a recent trip, my '71 Westy quit running while going down the road, and
> I would appreciate some feedback on possible causes.  Details are:
>
> 1. Drove 1 1/2 hours in the morning (to destination)
> 2. Bus sat in the sun for several hours
> 3. Drove 1 1/2 hours back home that night
> 4. Put in gas when about 45 minutes from home
> 5. Made one more stop about 10 minutes from home
> 6. When heading out again, bus slowly began to shut down
> 7. There was some smoke from the right rear (plastic left from resto)
> 8.  Tried to restart several times, but to no avail
> 9.  Tried to coast and "pop the clutch", but there was significant
> "bucking"
> 10.  Didn't expect this to work, but thought it "fun" to try...
> 11.  (The bus coasted easily before trying to start this way...)
> 12.  Notices one broken wire to the coil -- (part of) the problem?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -David
>
> P.S.  I did not run out of gas.
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