[TR] BAck again - and with a question

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

In a message dated 6/10/2011 1:09:10 AM Central Daylight Time, 
auprichard at uprichard.net writes: 
> Thinking this was vapor lock, I re-routed the gas line and fitted a heat 
> shield. 
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>  Today was 97 degrees and I tested my hypothesis.  Drove until it was hot 
> and then parked it in front of the house.  After 30 minutes, started it up 
> and it was a repeat performance. Ran rough and then died. Checked the plugs 
> – they were all very sooty.  Would you expect this from vapor lock? And 
> where do you go from here – coat the exhaust manifold?
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I thought vapor lock was starvation due to the fact that the fuel pump 
can't pump vapor.  You may have issues with the float valves in the carb.  Does 
it make any difference if the tank is full vs. near empty?  Do you have the 
fuel shutoff valve?  If so what happens if you close it?

Dave
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