Its Mardi Gras Season here in Louisiana and tonight my wife's krewe is having their Ball. My daughter got off school early and had a friend over and she was showing him the Hawk and started it and let it run for about 10 minutes at high idle. I got in the car and drove it to to where the the Ball will be. It was noon and traffic was heavy. The temperature gauge showed 180 - 190 degrees F. I figured it was getting hot, but thought I would be through traffic before it overheated. Suddenly it started running like it was out of fuel and ultimately died. It wouldn't start again and I pushed it to a parking lot. I have a clear fuel filter in the line going to the carb from the fuel pump and I saw no fuel in it. It sat there for a couple of hours, till I had a friend go with me to get it and tow it home. He saw there was no fuel in the filter either and having a can of gasoline in the back of his truck, he put about 3 gallons into my tank. I tried starting the car and it started! Thinking I might be out of gas (didn't think I was, the gauge showed full and I had just filled the car up Monday), I quickly drove to the gas station and put gas in it. I could only put about 3 gallons in the tank, so it obviously had fuel in it when it died on the road.
I have had Studebakers develop vapor lock before, but only after I stopped the engine, not when I'm driving it!! Could this have indeed been vapor lock? Any suggestions for remedies, short of shaking a dead chicken over the car?[)]
Laisez le bon temps roulez avec un Studebaker
I have had Studebakers develop vapor lock before, but only after I stopped the engine, not when I'm driving it!! Could this have indeed been vapor lock? Any suggestions for remedies, short of shaking a dead chicken over the car?[)]
Laisez le bon temps roulez avec un Studebaker
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