[T3] Lost power when warm?

[Mike Fisher]

Drain your gas tank through a cotton T shirt.  You might have crud
obstructing your fuel flow?

Eugene, Oregon

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On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 3:23 PM Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer at icloud.com> wrote:

> Happy Labour Day everyone!
>
> 69 notchback, fuel injected, automatic transmission. It sat for 20 years
> and my friend/neighbour/mechanic have been getting things going since last
> spring.
>
> It had been running more or less ok this year and we were fixing the
> little things like turn signals, speedometer, etc. About two months ago it
> started losing power when warm. After about ten-fifteen minutes of driving
> the accelerator stopped responding in forward and reverse. About the same
> time the transmission started slipping out of gear. I would be driving
> along in third and it would slip into second. To start it I would have to
> wiggle the gearshift with the ignition in the start position for it to
> catch the right spot and start. My friend dropped the transmission and
> cleaned it up (not a full rebuild) and after a drive yesterday it starts
> properly and shifts better than ever. But still loses power when warm. He’s
> out of ideas and I’m better at driving than fixing. He’s convinced it’s a
> transmission problem and I think it’s a fuel injection problem (everything
> I know I’ve learned from Car Talk!)
>
> Only other significant problem I can think of right now is an intermittent
> problem with the relay under the dash (fuel pump? Fuel injection?)The fuel
> pump doesn’t always come on when starting unless you give the give the
> relay a tap and it doesn’t turn off after a couple of seconds when starting
> up.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions or things to check?
>
> Thanks
> Jeff
>
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