Here's one that has me puzzled....my '41 President 4-dr (all original, barn-fresh) shuts off after I drive it as mile or so, and has done it the few times I've driven it this Spring.
Gas tank has been hot-tanked, coated and all new lines to the engine made. Fuel pump has been rebuilt by the best in the business, Arthur Gould, and works fine. Fuel bowl fills, and gas is flowing to the carburetor, and the car runs fine in the garage. an inline see-through filter is showing NO dirt accumulation, as I would expect, so I don't think it is a fuel delivery problem.
If I take the car out and drive it less than a mile, the car will shut off like someone turned the switch off. In one instance, if I wait a bit, the car will start up and run and I can drive it home. The last time, we towed it home. I'm thinking it has to be coil or condensor-related. The car has the original through-the cowl coil on it, but it was bypassed some time ago, and an aftermarket coil is mounted on it. I'm at a loss to figure out what is happening.
Are all coils (6V), the same? In other words, would any 6V coil work on the engine, or does it have to be specific to the brand of car?
Anyone know what is going on?
Studeguy54
Gas tank has been hot-tanked, coated and all new lines to the engine made. Fuel pump has been rebuilt by the best in the business, Arthur Gould, and works fine. Fuel bowl fills, and gas is flowing to the carburetor, and the car runs fine in the garage. an inline see-through filter is showing NO dirt accumulation, as I would expect, so I don't think it is a fuel delivery problem.
If I take the car out and drive it less than a mile, the car will shut off like someone turned the switch off. In one instance, if I wait a bit, the car will start up and run and I can drive it home. The last time, we towed it home. I'm thinking it has to be coil or condensor-related. The car has the original through-the cowl coil on it, but it was bypassed some time ago, and an aftermarket coil is mounted on it. I'm at a loss to figure out what is happening.
Are all coils (6V), the same? In other words, would any 6V coil work on the engine, or does it have to be specific to the brand of car?
Anyone know what is going on?
Studeguy54
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