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I have a 1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan with a 272 engine. The car runs fine
until the engine warms up to operating temprature and then just quits. I
have replaced fuel pump, points and plugs, and rebuilt the carburator.
Could it be the coil? or condenser? It's getting plenty of gas. Any
suggestions?
55ford
Making your Y-block run is not rocket science. Like any other internal
combustion engine it needs three things in the right amount at the correct
time... Oxygen, fuel and ignition.
Because it runs fine until warm you know the engine and ancillary parts are
functioning more or less correctly, at least at that time. Mindlessly
replacing parts until you accidently fix the problem is neither time or
cost effective. Instead of shotgunning parts you need to take a step by
step approach to determining what is missing or possibly what is in excess
causing it to stop running.
You've replaced an ass load of parts, but do you have good ignition when it
dies? You said it's getting plenty of gas, but could it be getting too
much? It must be getting air to run when cold, but is it possible that
there's and intake leak that opens up when it's warm... Or maybe just a
vacuum leak that's masked by the choke being on?
Give us some answers to these questions and you just might find your own
answer along the way.
vwhobo
Does it quit as you try to move or quit at idle?
Wally
One of my favorite troubleshooting questions is always...what happened
between the time it was running good and now? Can you remember a time when
it ran well? As mentioned before, this should be a fairly easy problem to
solve.
corbett_auto
