Some updating on the Lil' Duke Coupe.
The first time I drove it any distance was to the club meeting and it ran well. On the way back it began to stall. It stalled frequently. Each time, after turning off the ignition and waiting a moment it would restart and I could drive for a short distance again. I repeated that process several times on the way home. In the coming weeks I couldn't find the cause and only drove it 5-6 miles at a time.
One night I found that the alternator wasn't charging and drove the last half mile home in the dark with no lights. I replaced the alternator with a new one, but that one made the headlights look like 2 motorcycles coming at you with the headlights pulsing. Diagnostics showed that the alternator was putting out 15.25 volts at idle. Since I couldn't rebuild that alternator it was off to Advance for a new one. That solved that problem.
It went off to Aerodonamics for some work. Don installed the tilt column and delay wipers. Wipers take a sweep when the headlights are flashed or the turn signals are turned on. TopNotch's Phantom Wiper Fixer will cure that. As you can see in the above posts, there were no problems while Don had the car. That is until I brought it home. Got just 1 mile from home and it stalled. Three times in that mile. Each time after turning off the ignition it would restart. It would restart only after the ignition had been turned to the OFF position.
Afterward, I only drove it close by home and had no problems. Then I drove it to the July meeting. Ran great right down I-85. Left the meeting and hit I-85 again and it ran great. Until I got to the airport in Lawrenceville and it shut down while running about 65. Oh, BTW, the SES light had been going on and off all the way down and back. First time that had happened. Anyway, because of traffic I pulled to the shoulder, turned off the ignition and immediately restarted. Just 9 more miles home.
In that 9 miles it shut down 4 more times. In all but one, I just put it in neutral, turned off the ignition and coasted, turned the ignition back on and restarted it. The first time while coasting I tried restarting without turning off the ignition and also bump starting with the clutch. Still no-go.
Got it home and checked the code and it was an Oh-2 sensor Code 13. Replaced it and in local driving of about 20 miles round trip, it's given no problems.
These problems don't happen unless it gets a little distance away and starts back home. I think it doesn't want to come home. Anyone else want to keep it for a while?
