Molaker
Well-known member
I live at the end of a short road leading down to Bull Shoals Lake shore. We're the last house before Corps of Engineers land begins. The road is only about 1/8 of a mile long and makes a fairly steep drop from the turn-off down to the lake. It drops over 100 feet in 500 yards.
A few weeks ago, I had my transmission worked on (new seals) and on the way home from the repair shop, as I turned the corner and started down the hill toward the house, the engine quit. I was doing maybe 10-15 mph. My first indication was when I hit the brakes heading down the hill. Whoa! I had to really put my weight into it with the loss of power brakes. I managed to stop, put the thing in neutral and it started right up. Nary a glitch after that. I decided it was because the engine was hot and when I let off the gas at the slow speed, it just starved out.
Yesterday, we were returning from a 400 plus mile trip, pulling the Jeep. It had run fine both ways with no problems whatsoever. I turned the corner onto our road and started down the hill, again about 10 mph, when it died. Yikes! This time I was dragging and extra 4,000 lbs. behind me. I shoved it in neutral while still moving and tried to start it. It started right up and never missed another lick. We came to a pretty abrupt stop, though, because I was still standing on the brakes when it started up.
The thing I cannot figure is this recurrence at almost the precise spot it occurred before, like I hit some kind of force field or whatever. I've decided it must be a "haint" hanging around up there.
On the other hand, if I had to guess I would had said it was a bad dashpot - but EFI doesn't use such a thing. So, what should I start looking for?
A few weeks ago, I had my transmission worked on (new seals) and on the way home from the repair shop, as I turned the corner and started down the hill toward the house, the engine quit. I was doing maybe 10-15 mph. My first indication was when I hit the brakes heading down the hill. Whoa! I had to really put my weight into it with the loss of power brakes. I managed to stop, put the thing in neutral and it started right up. Nary a glitch after that. I decided it was because the engine was hot and when I let off the gas at the slow speed, it just starved out.
Yesterday, we were returning from a 400 plus mile trip, pulling the Jeep. It had run fine both ways with no problems whatsoever. I turned the corner onto our road and started down the hill, again about 10 mph, when it died. Yikes! This time I was dragging and extra 4,000 lbs. behind me. I shoved it in neutral while still moving and tried to start it. It started right up and never missed another lick. We came to a pretty abrupt stop, though, because I was still standing on the brakes when it started up.
The thing I cannot figure is this recurrence at almost the precise spot it occurred before, like I hit some kind of force field or whatever. I've decided it must be a "haint" hanging around up there.
On the other hand, if I had to guess I would had said it was a bad dashpot - but EFI doesn't use such a thing. So, what should I start looking for?
