Some Help: Pacer with Morini m01 Dies Randomly

Rob S /
sims
Oct 04, 2019 08:18PM

Hey friends.

So my 1977 Pacer with the m01 recently started dying randomly mid ride. All of a sudden the bike would just slow down and engine will die. After waiting a few mins it would start again, only to die again.

This just started happening. Before that, smooth sailing.

Should be noted that before all this, when I first bought it, I had a shop replace the spark plug and boot, new condenser and clean out the gas tank.

There deff was gas in the tank. So what can this be? They cleaned out and checked the carb and replaced the petcock, fuel line and filter as well not too long ago, so that's fresh.

Tonight did happen to be extra cold outside, if that has something to do with it. Maybe bad spark?

Thanks.

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Re: Some Help: Pacer with Morini m01 Dies Randomly

Chris Carleton /
bettysue
Oct 04, 2019 08:28PM

Check your gas cap to see if its venting. Loosen cap and see if it will stay running.

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Double Trouble Dan /
double1trouble1
Oct 04, 2019 10:05PM

The float is sticking.

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Don Ohio /
don45640
Oct 05, 2019 10:25AM

Crud in petcock? Check flow into carb,thru the banjo filter. Could also be like said above,clogged gas cap vent.

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Re: Some Help: Pacer with Morini m01 Dies Randomly

Josiah Radebaugh /
peug103
Oct 05, 2019 10:26AM

Give your carb a good cleaning.

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Benjamin The Wandering Pacer /
scottishsamurai
Oct 07, 2019 10:51PM

What plug and jet are you running? Weather can effect performance.

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Pushrod Fifty /
supercub
Oct 08, 2019 03:06PM

Sounds like a bad condenser. Got me a few times.

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Tri-ped Dave /
chefhockey
Oct 08, 2019 04:08PM

Yes condenser. Move it outside the engine when you replace it. Also if yours is an early internal ground stator I would add an extra ground from the condenser directly to the engine

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Tri-ped Dave /
chefhockey
Oct 08, 2019 04:10PM

To identify what stator type there are numbers on the flywheel. Is yours Dansi or Bosch?

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Re: Some Help: Pacer with Morini m01 Dies Randomly

Benjamin The Wandering Pacer /
scottishsamurai
Oct 08, 2019 05:03PM

> John Maxson Wrote:

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> Sounds like a bad condenser. Got me a few times.

Could very well be that too. When mine went out it my bike sounded like it was gargling lol.

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Pushrod Fifty /
supercub
Oct 09, 2019 08:50AM

Had the same issue, just off idle the engine would break up. It was a new condenser too. Replaced it with a Standard that I got on eBay that was a NOS, made in USA. Big difference!

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Rob S /
sims
Oct 19, 2019 11:03AM

Thanks for all the insight guys. I'll try and check out the numbers on flywheel. Sucks if it's the condenser because they recently replaced it. So I will start with the carb. It's an older 14.9 Sha carb.

John - which condenser did you end up finding on eBay? Trying to find but I'm not sure which one is right!

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Re: Some Help: Pacer with Morini m01 Dies Randomly

Rob S /
sims
Oct 19, 2019 11:04AM

Also the gas that's in there right now is quite old. Probably 3 months old ...so was wondering if that has an impact

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Re: Some Help: Pacer with Morini m01 Dies Randomly

Terbo Speghetti /
coachcoitus
Oct 19, 2019 01:02PM

Start with condenser, it's the easiest

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P D /
pdcomm
Oct 19, 2019 05:51PM

Condenser - STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS DR60 ( rockauto )

- Napa Condenser ECH EP30

Either one of those would work , but you'd have to lengthen the pigtail so you can mount them outside the stator .

Here's a better option :

Bosch VW condenser

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