Re: 1940 Super 8 stalls after new brake job

Posted by HH56 On 2019/7/23 20:34:50

Is the clutch releasing properly when you depress it to start slowing down to a stop or is the problem just in slowing down a slight amount but the car is still moving fast enough the engine is not going to want to stall because of car speed.

Can you put the car in neutral and move the accelerator to get the engine at a decent rpm and then quickly let off the accelerator. Does the engine want to die when the throttle closes. If so, some of the 40s had a vacuum operated dash pot like device to sort of control the speed the throttle closed so engines would not die as the air was abruptly cut off. If yours has one maybe it is not working.