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Hi all-
I have a '73 Scamp 225 slant 6. Last summer I changed the spark plugs (twice because the first time I didn't have the proper gap on my old gauge tool). The first time I started it up it idled horribly and after awhile it started to even out but just attempting to drive around the block was problematic (stalling) so I redid everything a few weeks later (and got a new tool!). I also replaced the fuel filter. Now it idled great and ran fine....until...after driving all day I was heading home and coming up to a light. I could feel the engine cut and fortunately was able to coast into a parking lot. Up until then, I'd driven around for a good 2-3 hours all over the place- probably about 100 miles. It was a warm sunny day (not that I've had issues with cold/damp stalling in the past, but I know sometimes older cars can be picky in bad weather).
When I tried to restart the car, it would fire up but wouldn't stay running. As soon as I took my foot of the gas it died. If I kept my foot on the gas it'd ran but I was leary about trying to drive with both feet. When I came back around midnight, it started right up like nothing had happened and drove fine. This happened to me about 3 times in the course of a week but the other 2 times I barely got a block away from home before I could feel the engine cut and die. But the same deal- it'd die and I wouldn't be able to re-start it (it'd die if I took my foot of the gas) for hours.
The dist wires and carb appear to be ok...although admittedly my mechanical expertise is about a 2 on a scale of 1-10. Any other thoughts/advice as to what might be causing it to stall hot like that? :frusty:
I have a '73 Scamp 225 slant 6. Last summer I changed the spark plugs (twice because the first time I didn't have the proper gap on my old gauge tool). The first time I started it up it idled horribly and after awhile it started to even out but just attempting to drive around the block was problematic (stalling) so I redid everything a few weeks later (and got a new tool!). I also replaced the fuel filter. Now it idled great and ran fine....until...after driving all day I was heading home and coming up to a light. I could feel the engine cut and fortunately was able to coast into a parking lot. Up until then, I'd driven around for a good 2-3 hours all over the place- probably about 100 miles. It was a warm sunny day (not that I've had issues with cold/damp stalling in the past, but I know sometimes older cars can be picky in bad weather).
When I tried to restart the car, it would fire up but wouldn't stay running. As soon as I took my foot of the gas it died. If I kept my foot on the gas it'd ran but I was leary about trying to drive with both feet. When I came back around midnight, it started right up like nothing had happened and drove fine. This happened to me about 3 times in the course of a week but the other 2 times I barely got a block away from home before I could feel the engine cut and die. But the same deal- it'd die and I wouldn't be able to re-start it (it'd die if I took my foot of the gas) for hours.
The dist wires and carb appear to be ok...although admittedly my mechanical expertise is about a 2 on a scale of 1-10. Any other thoughts/advice as to what might be causing it to stall hot like that? :frusty: