This old car makes be feel ignorant. Basic Questions inside.

Opened the line and nothing changed. The car will start just fine when cold but after 5 minutes idling it will die and not restart unless I pour fuel down the carb.


I've wrapped the fuel line from the pump to the carb in heat tape. Wrapped the headers in heat tape and it's still happening. This is frustrating. I'd like to find a simple fix and be able to cruise this weekend. Next weekend the carb and instake and possibly the fuel pump are being swapped out.

Help

**Just occurred to me** while messing with the carb a while back I was adjusting the throttle stop screws. I wonder if once it goes to the normal screww I've got it too low and it just dies. There's a thought.

Doesn't change the "what seems like vapor lock" but it could be why it's dying so quickly at idle.

Also: Found this in another thread "Quote" If it starts right up after it cools down I would rule out a fuel problem. If the carb was getting heat soaked it would evaporate the fuel out of the carb. So there would be no fuel for it to start right up. I thinking you may have coil going bad. Coils going bad can do this when warm but fine when cooled down. Electrical devices do not like heat and when they start going bad it usually shows when the item is warm or hot. "End Quote"

Thoughts?