Not sure if the Carb is it
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Not sure if the Carb is it
Hi folks,
I thought I would see if y'all could help point me in the right direction. First alittle background.
Truck: 71 F-100 with a 302 2bbl out of a 71 mustang. It has later model heads not sure of the year 80's. Pertronix unit installed new coil, cap and rotor. it has headers with 3 inch pipe and flowmaster 40's on it.
Problem: I have been fighting this problem for awhile now. Truck starts and idles fine. Drive to work 20 miles when I put the pedal down it starts cutting out and sputtering. It backfires under the hood (thinking thru the carb). No smoke. Now it has started something new. It just shuts off. No warning...just dead. It will start right back up but with the same problems as above. The problems seem to only start after it warms up good. Did find that the starter was about to fall off and I retightend that but I wouldn't think it would have anything to do with the above.
Any help would be great. I will probably try new wires, plugs, a new carb and this was a suggested by the guy at the local mustang shop a new ignition switch.
I wanted to see if I was heading in the right direction and get input before I start putting money where it doesn't need to go.
Thanks
Dave
I thought I would see if y'all could help point me in the right direction. First alittle background.
Truck: 71 F-100 with a 302 2bbl out of a 71 mustang. It has later model heads not sure of the year 80's. Pertronix unit installed new coil, cap and rotor. it has headers with 3 inch pipe and flowmaster 40's on it.
Problem: I have been fighting this problem for awhile now. Truck starts and idles fine. Drive to work 20 miles when I put the pedal down it starts cutting out and sputtering. It backfires under the hood (thinking thru the carb). No smoke. Now it has started something new. It just shuts off. No warning...just dead. It will start right back up but with the same problems as above. The problems seem to only start after it warms up good. Did find that the starter was about to fall off and I retightend that but I wouldn't think it would have anything to do with the above.
Any help would be great. I will probably try new wires, plugs, a new carb and this was a suggested by the guy at the local mustang shop a new ignition switch.
I wanted to see if I was heading in the right direction and get input before I start putting money where it doesn't need to go.
Thanks
Dave
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