Posted by Rich In Garrett on November 05, 2008 at 14:26:50 from (71.176.159.159):
Hey guys, I need a little coaching on propane fuel systems. I have a 60's vintage Clark lift with a six cyclinder continental. Generally speaking this old girl has been reliable and handy as hell from time to time. I thought the gradual loss of go power was electrical as the engine seemed to break down as you advance the throttle. The truck will run at an idle and you can touch the throttle a little until it begins to break down. This lift was bought used and had a former mechanical life that ended up with a low profile distributor cap let under the seat sheetmetal with a torch. Not sure this is pertinent. Anyway, out here in the country I thought the lack of power or breaking down felt electrical. I hunted a new standard vertical connection Delco cap and rotor, wires, plugs, points and condensor, and swapped the coil. No success. Pulled the air cleaner off just on the chance, no help. Checked timing by farmer method, rotated distributor to see if advance might be culpret, no help. I pulled the regulator cover off the vaporizor cleaned it, no help. Carb is next, if that's what you call it. I'll pull it tomorrow and see if there is anything cleaning might help. I'm up a stump. I got this intuition that it's not enough fuel making the engine falter, maybe regulator?, but I have no experience with propane and no service information. I can say the lift always ran poorly in the cold. Now it runs poorly in the warm. It could be cam, but it's a gradual delevopment, and it will run at full throttle without falling on it's face when the engine is cold in warmer weather. If there is an old Clark Lift guy laughing at this, please chime in. I'd like to cure this problem. I don't have anyway to trouble shoot this. Any help appreciated.
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