HELP! What do I check first?
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HELP! What do I check first?
I took my '68 Firebird out for a spin today. Cranked up fine. Idled fine in the warm up, tapped the accelerator to lower the rpm's, backed out and off I went. When I got down the road, just a few miles, it wanted to die on me at the stop lights. As long as I shifted into neutral and kept my foot on the gas some, it would keep running. If I took my foot off the gas it would die. Where would you start looking for a problem? Fuel pump? Carb issue? Thanks in advance for your help!
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Sounds like it's lean at idle or timing is way off. Start with timing and then check carb. Not knowing the combo it could be:
Timing too low
Vacuum leak
Idle mixture set wrong
Cam requires more airflow and it's idling too low
Idle feed restrictions/air bleeds need to be tweaked (not as likely)
Give us more details. Carb, cam, cubes, converter, idle stop solenoid, A/C?
JIM
Timing too low
Vacuum leak
Idle mixture set wrong
Cam requires more airflow and it's idling too low
Idle feed restrictions/air bleeds need to be tweaked (not as likely)
Give us more details. Carb, cam, cubes, converter, idle stop solenoid, A/C?
JIM
