mr freddie.. my 1977 gremlin did what ur explainin to everyone...it ran fer while real good i checked and changed everything i could think off plus help from others..i finally took out the fuel tank and had it boiled out at a radiator shop put new fuel lines on the tank itself and filled it up with new fuel and she has ran like champ ever since...."this is a sugguestion to think about ok" james- {onehorsetrader}.. ps-this was about a new ago... fredrick_bc_westerncanada wrote: > much appreciated! However, I changed the fuel filter yesterday so > that eliminates the filter as the problem. The previous owner had > installed a manual choke on the carb (the original was electric. The > car ran fine when I got it and drove the 200 miles home and for > several days after that. In the past few days I noticed a slight > hesitation when accelerating even lightly. The problem became > progressively worse. Sometimes I have to wait a minute after it > stalls as it will crank but won't start...then it idles fine again, > goes into drive fine and goes the usual 5mph on its own but try > giving it some gas and it will hesitate, spit and eventuall stall. > > There is a carb specialist shop nearby. Gonna go there to see what > they say. Also might try a can of carb spray cleaner. Might be > gummed up in there. I had thought about bad fuel as the car sat > awhile before I bought it but if it was that I don't think it would > have run so well up until now. Going to test something from my > manual...check the accelerator pump with engine not running, air > cleaner removed...tug quickly on the throttle to full open to see if > there are streams of gas evident through the pump discharge nozzle. I > hope there isn't! *LOL*... > > Freddie > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: gremlintime@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subscribe: gremlintime-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > Unsubscribe: gremlintime-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx > List owner: gremlintime-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/gremlintime > Gremlintime(Home of the AMC Gremlin on the WWW): > http://www.geocities.com/gremlintime > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/