[Spridgets] Trying to diagnose an idle/stalling issue

[Kurtis J.]

Thanks for the tips Chuck.  Hopefully I'll get the chance tomorrow to do
some additional testing.

Kurt

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 5:39 PM crusaderchuck55--- via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Sounds like you are hunting for a vacume leak.    From your description it
> does not act like an electrical issue.   BUT!  BEFORE you mess with too
> much of you are still running points check 2 things!!   Be certain your
> points are clean ( they grow some kind of crud) and you have a proper gap.
> If that's all good OR you have electronic ignition I suspect you are
> hitting a temporary lean on fuel situation mostly due to some kind of
> vacume leak.  Look for a vacume line to the distributor literally cracked.
> Or there is an old stand by vacume leak check....  Use some choke spray
> with the car running and spray around the intake manifold to head gasket or
> the carb spacers gaskets.   If you get a pick up in RPM'S you just sprayed
> the "leak" area.
> A simple check is to be certain the intake to head nuts are tight and snug
> the 4 nuts retaining the carbs on the intake manifold.
> Share your findings once you had some tinker time.
> Chuck
>
> *Sent from my LG Mobile*
>
> ------ Original message------
> *From: *Kurtis J. via Spridgets
> *Date: *Sat, Dec 26, 2020 5:36 PM
> *To: *Spridgets (E-mail);
> *Cc: *
> *Subject:*[Spridgets] Trying to diagnose an idle/stalling issue
>
> Greetings everyone.  I was semi-active on this list several (like 10)
> years ago.  I have a 1959 Bugeye with a 1275 engine that had up until last
> month been sitting dormant in my basement garage.& nbsp; I have the car
> back on the road and running fairly well, but I am dealing with an idle
> issue.
>
> The card starts fine and will idle fine after it warms up; however, when
> coming to a stop, the idle drops to a point where the engine will stall if
> I don't give it a little gas.  After it catches back up, the car will go
> back to idling fine.  Right now I have the idle set at about 1,000 rpms.
>
> The plugs on the car look good, so I think the mixture is fine.  I have
> played with the timing a little as well.  Any suggestions as to where else
> to look?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Kurt Jones
> Conway, Arkansas
> 1963 TR4 - CT19389L
> 1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
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-- 
Kurt Jones
Conway, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
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