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Originally Posted by jeffahart
The power wire got poorly routed and got rubbed raw in a small spot by the throttle linkage. You know how it is, so small is the worn area you can hardly see it.
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I had the same type of issue but only when driving at night. Caused it to cut out.
The linkage on my dual carbs (VW Bug) would hit the tail light connector in such a way that it went into the connector where the wire was - but ONLY under hard acceleration at night.
Both had to happen at the same time:
1. Harness had to move backward in the vehicle under Gs (front-to-rear direction)
2. Linkage moving to the full throttle position (up-to-down position).
Battled this for a while. Then one night I had the decklid off cruising with friends (gotta show that motor off) and my friend behind me says "hey, there is a spark from your carb linkage."
Goofy problem located and solved.