I had intended to sent this to everyone
my best guess is your coil. If the car dies like you shut it off it is
doubtful that it is fuel. Fuel tends to sputter and die. You probably
have a short in your coil and when it gets hot it shorts and croaks, once
it cools it gets better again. I have been through this on 3 coils and
each did exactly what you describe. When the car dies, feel the coil if
it is much more than warm it is the problem. One time we needed to get to
a show so when the coil died we immediately iced it down and it would fire
right back up, so try that and if the car will restart, more confirmation
of the problem. Nice part is, a replacement coil is cheap. I just put
one in and it cost me $10.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'63 Buick 215
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Andrew Proudfoot wrote:
> Hello all,
> Twas a proud day in Gander as the 77 rolled out of the garage, had all its
> fluids changed, plugs out, turned over, plugs in, started right up!!!!!!
> :-)) <VBG> Even got that great smell of burning Castrol as I had spilled a
> little putting it in. All is well in the world right? Wrong. After about ~1
> min she shut off as if some one had turned the key off. So much for the
> grin. :-(
> Best I can tell there is fuel pumping to the carbs (disconected the line and
> pumped some in a cup) new gas too as the tank was drained before the body
> work started, and their is spark. There is no reason that the timing would
> be off. I managed to get it going again a couple of times and it ran for
> about 5 minutes once with me playing with the throttle than it died the same
> death.
> I figure I have a piece of dirt in a carb needle? What do the experts think?
> If so I have no idea how to get to such dirt. Let alone get rid of it.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Safety (not so) Fast
> Andy P. 77B
> Gander, Nfld
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