vapor lock suggestions?

[Christopher Hoffman <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason,

Did it seem to crank a little bit slowly, or at least seem to run the
battery down more rapidly than usual?

I say this because your starter might be on its way out. I do not know how
many miles you have on yours, but when the starter begins to wear, it
becomes increasingly susceptible to hot-start problems, mostly because the
whole thing expands, making cranking harder on the starter itself.

I thought for years I had a fuel problem when my '67 was hot (and it's
probably almost as hot under the hood after 30 minutes sitting than it was
when you turned it off), when it was nothing more than a 35-year-old starter
with 123,000 miles on it gently begging mercy.

I'd have your starter draw checked first, then go after any possible fuel
delivery issues.

Just my $0.02...

Chris in LA
67 Crown
78 NYB Salon


jason reizner (jreizner_lists@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> yesterday i was out driving my new '68 hardtop for
> about an hour and got it good and hot, after which i
> parked it for about a half hour on the street while
> running some errands.  when i came back, the car would
> crank, but wouldn't catch for the life of me, sounding
> like it wasn't getting any gas.  figuring i had lost
> the original fuel pump to the mtbe in the gas here, i
> had the car towed home.  upon investigating, i found
> the pump to be fine and the new filter to be
> unrestricted.  i just tuned the car up this weekend,
> and verified the ignition system is in top form, so
> i'm pretty sure this was a fuel problem.  what's
> strange is that i went to go start the car cold this
> afternoon, and she kicked right over and ran just
> fine, leading me to believe this is an issue with
> vapor lock.