Re: [VintageLambo] My Jarama quit running, any ideas ?

Hi Jukka, A big welcome to the list! You would be pleasantly surprised at how many people from Scandanavia are currently on this list. Go to the Vintage Lamborghini Garage (VLG) website at http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/VintageLambo/ and click on the Members link. You will see that your area is well represented. I too had a problem similar to the one that was described for the Jarama. The car would simply start running poorly after it was all warmed up and eventually, stop. It turned out to be a coil that was failing as the engine compartment got warm. The easiest way to check this problem is to substitute a known good coil and see if the condition stops. The other suggestion - that the floats are improperly set and allow fuel to flow non-stop into the carbs - is also a good place to look. It"s pretty easy to pull the top off the carbs and check float adjustments. And your use of english is just fine. Best Regards, Jack Kemppainen Jukka wrote: Hello! I am the new one on the list and I am mailing from Finland. I suppose that there is´nt plenty of other guys from this side of the world on the list. I have -71 Jarama with the same kind of problem. I found out that there was problems with my coils and battery. the engine was´nt running particulary rough. It just slowly stopped running. This happened mostly with lower revs.(idling). It did´nt start at all without extra power. It turned over easily with one battery, but thats all. Battery was quite good and there was´nt any problems with the alternator. It started to run immeadetly when I gave a little bit extra power for it. It stopped running after couple of minutes when I took another battery away. They measured that the coils were broken. When the coils warmed up enough, the engine stopped. We had a same kind of problem with Mercedes 300 SEL -68. Those weak coils and too small battery together made the spark too weak. I hope you understand what I tried to say with this english.. Jukka