Went for the first ride today BUT....

[BRONCONY]

went on the first real dive with the Bronco in 20 years or so, fun drive though the back roads, BUT when we got in to town she quit! the town had construction going on. the road turned in to a gravel mess with bumps hills and pot holes, and such. so i figured it would be fine i mean it is a bronco;D but no its started sputtering and when i pulled in to the gas station she quit. it wouldn't start for any thing for a wile but she got going again and ran nice after that for the long ride home. not sure what went wrong, maybe the float bounced around too much or something stock motorcraft on the 302)? not sure. but overall nice ride loved being in her again. any input to possibly what went wrong?

 

[tasker]

what kind of shape are the points and condensor in? Good for you! nice to see some miles being put on again.....

 

[BRONCONY]

replace the distributor cap and rotor a wile ago but not the pints and condensers, were are they i cant remember(same thing?)not clue less to working on this stuff but just cant remeber. it felt good to put on 44 miles today!

 

[broncnaz]

Id say it was a carb issue could have been nothing more tha a piece of dirt in the needle seat that caused it to flood out. Might be a good idea to rebuild the carb and clean it out real good.

 

[bronconut73]

Get a Pertronix conversion kit for that points & condenser.
Just Google Pertronix. You can get it just about anywhere.
Sumitt, Jegs, Speedway, Ebay, etc....

 

[BRONCONY]

ok will look in to that, i wonder if that was it or not. probably needs a carb cleaning to, but i do have a edelbrock four barrel lying around! ;D

 

[Pa PITT]

... I'd say take a looks see at the fuel filter .. Replace it an cut the pull off apart an see what kind of trash it has in it..

 

[BRONCONY]

i just replaced the tank (to plastic) and sending unit a couple of years ago, but it just got its first full tank about a week ago. there is one that screws in to the carb but i cant find a replacement and it doesn't look like it actually filters it.

 

[BRONCONY]

going to replace the points and condenser to electronic here shortly, but any other ideas what went wrong?

 

[bronconut73]

Carbs don't like to sit.....I think a carb rebuild is in your future.

You need air, fuel, and spark at the right time.

You know you have air, your getting ready to make perfect spark, we can assume you haven't jumped time,.....all that is left is proper fuel delivery.

 

[BRONCONY]

Sounds about right. Probably needs a good cleaning


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[Broncobowsher]

Vapor lock or coil getting hot are my 2 guesses. Looking for fuel (or lack of) by checking the accelerator pump for a squirt is the fuel check. Pulling a plug (or coil) lead while cranking is a check for spark.

bad part is you need it to screw up again in order to track down which way the problem is. Could be something as simple as a fuel line routed too close to the exhaust.

 

[BRONCONY]

i have duals on her but never rerouted the fuel line like 30 years ago. the only real close spot is in the back but it cant get that hot back there!?