Hello All, my Bronco has been running great for months now, but on my way home the other day I'm cruising about 35-40 and it starts sputtering, I feather the gas pedal enough to get it off the road. Shut it off for a couple minutes, crank it back up and drive home (about 10 mins).
Yesterday I go to the junkyard, about a 20 min drive no issues. I'm probably at the yard 20 mins or so then I get in to leave and let it idle for a few minutes (as I'm posting to a thread %)) and it dies. The clear inline filter has a little fuel in it but not much, so I remove it and blow it out. NOTE When i remove it the 1/2 oz of fuel that pours out of the carb is boiling on the manifold. Reinstall filter and now will only run for one second, but plenty of fuel in filter now.
I get it to run well enough to hit the road and I make it maybe 10 miles, at a stoplight starts to die again, and again I feather the pedal to a safe place off the road. I let it cool down a little and this time I remove and blow out the screw-in filter at the carb inlet, get it running again. Again go about 10 miles, 2nd or 3rd stoplight it dies...I eventually make it home.
I have a '69 302, mechanical pump and an '85 Holley 4150/4160 with auto choke. My entire fuel line from carb to tank is wrapped in exhaust heat wrap. Fuel tank is pretty level, however I've ALWAYS had to fill it very slowly at the gas station?? It used to only hold about 8 gallons until i discovered the tank was quite unlevel.
Been looking for a reason to get a new carb with manual choke, but this one has always run so smooth! Any ideas appreciated. Here's an older pic of my setup, before I wrapped the fuel line.
Yesterday I go to the junkyard, about a 20 min drive no issues. I'm probably at the yard 20 mins or so then I get in to leave and let it idle for a few minutes (as I'm posting to a thread %)) and it dies. The clear inline filter has a little fuel in it but not much, so I remove it and blow it out. NOTE When i remove it the 1/2 oz of fuel that pours out of the carb is boiling on the manifold. Reinstall filter and now will only run for one second, but plenty of fuel in filter now.
I get it to run well enough to hit the road and I make it maybe 10 miles, at a stoplight starts to die again, and again I feather the pedal to a safe place off the road. I let it cool down a little and this time I remove and blow out the screw-in filter at the carb inlet, get it running again. Again go about 10 miles, 2nd or 3rd stoplight it dies...I eventually make it home.
I have a '69 302, mechanical pump and an '85 Holley 4150/4160 with auto choke. My entire fuel line from carb to tank is wrapped in exhaust heat wrap. Fuel tank is pretty level, however I've ALWAYS had to fill it very slowly at the gas station?? It used to only hold about 8 gallons until i discovered the tank was quite unlevel.
Been looking for a reason to get a new carb with manual choke, but this one has always run so smooth! Any ideas appreciated. Here's an older pic of my setup, before I wrapped the fuel line.