Re: "It just quits"..........

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2016/6/29 3:39:40

Thank you to all who replied; great suggestions, info and guidance. A friend gave me some hands-on help with this and we put a small length of clear fuel hose and a clear fuel filter right before the 'new' carb. When the engine died we could see it was a fuel delivery problem. We also checked the fuel pressure output of the pump and found when the engine was cold, it delivered about 4-5 PSI, but when the engine warmed up, the gauge fluttered and the pressure became erratic and diminished. (down to 1 1/2 - 2 PSI.) It ran fine at an idle but as soon as high-gear fuel demand required more gas, it starved and quit. I do not know anything about these vacuum assisted pumps, but for now, to be able to drive the car, we installed a 6 volt electric pump and that appears to solve the stalling problem. The car seems to be running a little hot to me, (we shot it with a heat gauge gun and it is getting pretty close to 200 deg's F on the head) and that is a whole new can of worms, but at least it RUNS, and I can look into the next set of problems/solutions. Thanks again for all the help.