Craig, my first guess is the car is running too rich. May be you want to lower
the level of the floats in the carb. It sounds like in order to restart it you
need a lof of gas. That's an indication of rich mixture. In fact, if you see
puffs of black smoke when it first starts again, then that's your problem for
sure.
D^2, 2x68s, also Austin TX (we can get together if you want to)
Quoting Greg_Graham@xxxxxxxx:
>
> My '67 has a new gas tank, new metal lines, new fuel pump, new filter,
> and
> new rubber lines. All connections are solid. The car is a bit hard
> starting, but nothing really worth talking about in this posting. The
> idle
> is very slightly rough, but still smooth when compared to most cars.
> The
> car will idle just fine in park for about 2 minutes, then stalls out
> and
> dies, almost like fuel starvation. It will not restart unless you
> wait
> about 5 minutes. I can also start the car and rev the engine, using
> much
> more gas and making all sorts of enjoyable noises while doing so, but
> the
> car again stalls and dies in about 2 minutes. Because the car stalls
> and
> dies after about the same length of time, regardless of engine speed
> before
> that, I'm beginning to think that the stalling is related to something
> that
> results or changes due to reaching normal operating conditions, like
> manifold pressure, pressure in the tank (new vented cap with correct
> PSI
> rating), choke, vacuum (although the brake booster has full power),
> etc.
> Any ideas? Thanks, Greg
>
>
>
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