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Engine dies
Still learning how to work on these things. Still a beginner but I've come a long way, so be patient with me!
My 79 is almost new from top to bottom. Long restoration project. It has a 400 in it, completely rebuilt and beefed up as much as reasonably possible. I have been driving it with no issues for about a year then, about a month ago, it just dies while in town. At first it was every once in a while, now all the time.
When it dies, it just shuts off. No sputtering like it's starving for fuel. Then it's hard to start again. Once it starts I smell a strong fuel smell briefly but then it runs fine until it cuts out again. I just replaced sending units about 2 months ago and know it's not the fuel lines. Carb has been checked numerous times by people who know what they are doing and they say it's working fine.
I need some suggestions. Getting frustrated ! Seems like if
It's not one thing it's another.
My 79 is almost new from top to bottom. Long restoration project. It has a 400 in it, completely rebuilt and beefed up as much as reasonably possible. I have been driving it with no issues for about a year then, about a month ago, it just dies while in town. At first it was every once in a while, now all the time.
When it dies, it just shuts off. No sputtering like it's starving for fuel. Then it's hard to start again. Once it starts I smell a strong fuel smell briefly but then it runs fine until it cuts out again. I just replaced sending units about 2 months ago and know it's not the fuel lines. Carb has been checked numerous times by people who know what they are doing and they say it's working fine.
I need some suggestions. Getting frustrated ! Seems like if
It's not one thing it's another.
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