Hey Terry, The show was great, thanks! I never thought of a vapor lock. Now
that you mention it, I had trouble with the Gremlin after I put the headers on
and Edelbrock manifold. I finally had to put a heat sink gasket between the carb
and the manifold. Anyway, I'll get some STP treatment, change the ECU and get
some clothes pins. I need to get a water temp gauge, as I have no idea how hot
the thing is getting. I do know that it does not happen until it gets good and
warm!! Thanks!!
In a message dated 6/8/2007 10:51:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
twa1950@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Did you have fun at the show. You might try the ECU. It could also be a
vapor lock. My 232 would be running fine and it would just quit on me. Pull
well actually coast to the side of the road let it set for a couple of minutes
and it would run fine for quite a while. I replaced the fuel filters, fuel
pump, and ECU and nothing helped. Went out to WAL-Mart and bought me a package
of the wooden snap on cloths pins and put 6 or 8 on the fuel line between the
fuel pump and the carb. Knock on wood, watch it do it tomorrow night, it
hasn't done it since. What happens is with this junk they call gas gets hot in
the lines it turns to a Vapor state instead of the liquid. The wooden cloths
pins act like heat sinks and pulls the heat off the fuel lines. Looks stupid
but it runs. Another thing didn't you say the car has been sitting quite
awhile without it being ran. You might want to invest in some STP gas
treatment or something like that and some high octane gas. Then just drive the
hell out of it for awhile. I know the more I drive mine the better it runs.
Mine runs OK on regular gas but it seems to run a lot better with the high
octane stuff. I figure no more than I drive mine the extra 20 cents a gallon
won't break me. Just some thoughts .
Terry
Charlie 
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