what do you think ?
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Racer
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From: springstead wi
what do you think ?
I have a 1976 corvette . don't run it much . took it or a 40 mile round trip today . ran the 20 out fine . coming back after it sat for about 30 minutes started right up went about 2 blocks went to pull out and it stopped dead . had just put a new battery in it a couple weeks ago . it would crank had spark and was getting gas . after about 30 minutes I tried it again and it started right up and ran fine all the way home . any ideas what to look for ?
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From: Charlotte NC
A 'glitch'. Drive it some more and let it get hot and see if it does is again. I would do inner city or residential driving...more stop and go driving than interstate driving. I know this is not giving you anything to check....but if it has not been driven in a while....and you know for a fact that you had a GOOD SPARK (there is a difference)...and you know that you had fuel ....and we all know that the air is a given. 'Something' failed. I would think that it may be more ignition related....because I do not know how it died.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Hard to trouble shoot,
I have a vw trike did this with a loose ground.
Knew of a dodge that had a ign switch issues that would do this.
We rebuilt the edelbrock on a buddies air boat that was doing this fixed it but we really do not know how, and it appeared before the carb overhaul to be getting fuel...
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Racer
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From: springstead wi
was playing with it a little bitt today . could I have to much fuel pressure with the new pump for a holley 600 . at idle I notice that the second two barrels were dripping quite a bit of gas and had a hard time keeping it running at idle .
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Racer
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From: springstead wi
pretty sure I found it was a stuck rear float. opened the fuel level screw on the side and fuel poured out tapped on it a couple times put it back in started it up and no more dripping fuel at lease so far . running smooth at idle will take it out for a road trip probably 5 miles back and forth a few times .
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From: Charlotte NC
pretty sure I found it was a stuck rear float. opened the fuel level screw on the side and fuel poured out tapped on it a couple times put it back in started it up and no more dripping fuel at lease so far . running smooth at idle will take it out for a road trip probably 5 miles back and forth a few times .
DUB
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