[Roadsters] Datsun - Can't figure it out

[Tom Hendricksen]

JIm,

Did you check the fuel filter?  It is not uncommon for gunk to come down the
fuel line from the tank, or inside of the line itself.

Tom
69 2000 - Mr. Hyde
Portland
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On 5/11/2008 7:51:54 AM, Jim Gammon (gtpjimgammon at yahoo.com) wrote:
> I am hoping someone has seen the same symptoms.
>
> I completely rebuilt my engine, and had the carbs rebuilt. The
> distributor is new.
>
> I fired it up, and she ran. Wonderful.
>
> Over the past month, I tuned it as best as I could. It was running
> fine parked.
>
> Today, I took her out, and she ran very well, for about a mile, then
> she started acting up. First, she would not idle, then I had to keep
> the rpms above 2000 or she'd stall, but the time I got home, another
> mile later, she was barely running.
>
> Now she will not start. I can get her to kick over on starting fluid,
> she will sputter and even rev up for a moment, and then nothing I do
> with the throttle keeps he from reving right back down to a stall.
>
> She does have old gas, it is quite yellow. BUT when I removed the fuel