Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie

Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/8/18 9:24:05

I don't personally have equipment to test a coil, besides a multimeter. I may be able to take it to NAPA and see if they can test.

When the car dies, I have to let it sit for a minute or two before it will start back up. I can crank the engine, but it's like there is no fuel and it won't catch. Within a minute or two it will start right up and run fine. After it died last night, I let it sit for a minute, started it up, then went through 1st and 2nd gears with the pedal nearly to the floor. Didn't stumble or anything.

I checked fuel pressure at idle last night, it was 4 PSI, and it did not drop at all once the car was shut off. I'm going to install a tee fitting and watch the fuel pressure gauge while I'm driving to see what happens. I'm also going to remove both filters entirely and rely on just the glass bowl and screen in the fuel pump to see what effect that has.

-Kevin