Good morning, guys. I've got a 64 Comet with a 200 in it. Automatic, 42,2xx miles, runs great at idle and most of the time while driving. It sat for years in a field, so it took me some time to get it going and road ready, admittedly I haven't driven it very much, maybe 30 miles so far. The issue I'm having is it dies sometimes when leaving a stop sign or light. It only does it after it's good and hot, like 15 minutes of driving. It has also tries to die while at speed with no throttle change at all, but only every once in a while, so I can't definitively say it's related, though it feels the same. If I floor it when that happens I can usually get it to stay running.
Car runs great when moving and idles fine at light
Remove foot from brake and slowly give gas, car dies
When it dies it starts up again pretty easily with some pumping
Cap and rotor are clean
Plug wires are all well seated
Points look good
Plugs are pretty new
New (Amazon) carb
Cleaned and lined fuel tank
New fuel pump with new filter, and clear pre-filter, gas is clean
New ignition switch
Grounds are good at battery, engine and firewall
Terminals at coil are tight
I can't tell if it's electrical or carb related so I've been chasing both. I did see some obscure references to this happening because of vapor lock due to carb overheating, but I can't find too many posts to support that. Do I maybe need to build a spacer?
If any of you have had this same issue I'd appreciate any suggestions you have!
Car runs great when moving and idles fine at light
Remove foot from brake and slowly give gas, car dies
When it dies it starts up again pretty easily with some pumping
Cap and rotor are clean
Plug wires are all well seated
Points look good
Plugs are pretty new
New (Amazon) carb
Cleaned and lined fuel tank
New fuel pump with new filter, and clear pre-filter, gas is clean
New ignition switch
Grounds are good at battery, engine and firewall
Terminals at coil are tight
I can't tell if it's electrical or carb related so I've been chasing both. I did see some obscure references to this happening because of vapor lock due to carb overheating, but I can't find too many posts to support that. Do I maybe need to build a spacer?
If any of you have had this same issue I'd appreciate any suggestions you have!