New Pacer owner: 2 tech questions

[sjaakslinger]

Hi,

Just bought a '78 Pacer and got 2 'problems'.

First one. I have to replace the HP Water Pump and there seems to be some serial number on the old one: 3-10-87 or maybe -82, hard to tell. Anyone know if this has any meaning?

Second: After a few days of owning and driving, the car has a hard time starting in Park. In Neutral however it's much better. The car runs on autogas. Anyone any idea?

Thanks.

Regards from Holland,
Dennis

[63cpe]

Hi Dennis,

My guess those numbers on the waterpump has got something to do with date and model. More important is does your car have the 304 V8 or the in line 6 ( 258 or 232cui)?

My guess is the in line 6. Those waterpump are aslo used in the Jeep inline sixes ( Wrangler 76-79). Jeep parts are readily avialable with B&S parts in Tiel.

Your problem with starting up could be caused by a faulty neutral safety switch and or ( combination) with ignition trouble. A replacement of the neutral safety switch and an adjust of the ignitiontiming will to the trick. You can also use "hotter" sparkplugs and ignitionsystem with an optical contact breaker instead of the rotor.

By the way i think is know your car. Did you buy it in Soest from a guy named Rob? Is it an black matte '78 coupe with wolfrace rims?

Overigens kan ik ook prima Nederlands.
Kind regards,
David