[DeTomaso] problems with engine shutting down

[Dave Londry]

Damn - I love that story.
I have an old dodge truck with a 360 here - I think I'll maybe feed it a 
towel just to see it.
dave

On 29/05/2015 4:46 PM, Kirby Schrader wrote:
> I know a guy that did that accidentally…
>
> The towel ended up being spit out the exhaust pipe in pieces….
>
> As you say…. it works sometimes…
> :-)
>
> Kirby
>
>> On May 29, 2015, at 18:44, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:
>>
>>    There is an old tractor trick for a partially plugged carb jets and
>>    idle circuit.  You remove the air cleaner, start the motor and let it
>>    run until it gets to the warm stage.  With the air cleaner removed,
>>    rev the engine to near the red line.  Next stuff a big Turkish sized
>>    towel down the throat of the carb while letting the accelerator linkage
>>    drop to idle.  Let the engine die. Sometimes it takes a couple of
>>    tries.  If the carb has a small amount of junk in the jets or the idle
>>    circuit, the vacum of the engine will suck it out of the circuit.
>>    YMMV,
>>    Works sometimes,
>>    jerry knotts
>>    On 5/29/2015 5:42 PM, James coyne wrote:
>>
>>    Semi-clogged fuel filter ?
>>    From: [1]cwhamm at frontier.com
>>    To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
>>    Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 15:23:10 -0700
>>    Subject: [DeTomaso] problems with engine shutting down
>> Thanks for all the input. I was headed up to Napa to buy an ignition coil
>> and though I would do a test of all of what is going on. Started up fine.
>> Choke was on. About 1500rpm. Backed out. Let it run for about a minute.
>> Tapped on the throttle and choke went off and we are off. 60 degrees F
>> outside. No problems until it gets nice and warm. Put it in neutral and was
>> coasting down a hill with no braking and in about 10 seconds it dies. Stop
>> and it starts perfect. It will run good for about 20 seconds and it starts
>> to die if I feather the gas I can keep it running. Clear it and we are fine.
>> If I let it die it starts up fine. Here is what might tell you guys what is
>> wrong. If I drive in first at 3k steady it bucks some and once in a while it
>> will pop. Between 30 and 40 in 2nd and 3rd it bucks some.  It will
>> accelerate fine. Runs fine at high speed. Any time now at an idle eventually
>> it will die after it is warmed up.
>>
>> Clarke Hamm 7350
>>
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