jmbass98
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'66 Charger. 361, 3spd auto. Points ignition. Replacement Cardone distributor (thinking this or something to do w/ distributor / firing order might be an issue, last thing I can think of). New harnesses. New battery cable. Good battery. New coil. Tested ohms, all good (ballast too). Edelbrock 1411 w/ matching intake.
Car will start with pumping throttle. It will stay on if I hold the throttle down (shaky engine). The second I let the throttle off to near-idle, it will die, and struggle hard to start up again (usually does not have a successful second start up). Adjusting timing, fuel, idle, etc. does not seem to have any affect on whether or not it will start up again, or even stay on the first time at idle.
Good fuel squirt at the carburetor, fuel in the filter, etc.. Don't think it's fuel. Fresh gas. I've replaced everything that I can think of, other than the spark plugs and distributor. I am unsure how to deep troubleshoot exactly what is failing. Gone through so many coils.
This is all the case even with the car jumped by my other vehicle. I'm really out of ideas. Going to reset to TDC, replace distributor and spark plugs, and try again when there's sun. If that doesn't remedy this. Then I'm lost.
Car will start with pumping throttle. It will stay on if I hold the throttle down (shaky engine). The second I let the throttle off to near-idle, it will die, and struggle hard to start up again (usually does not have a successful second start up). Adjusting timing, fuel, idle, etc. does not seem to have any affect on whether or not it will start up again, or even stay on the first time at idle.
Good fuel squirt at the carburetor, fuel in the filter, etc.. Don't think it's fuel. Fresh gas. I've replaced everything that I can think of, other than the spark plugs and distributor. I am unsure how to deep troubleshoot exactly what is failing. Gone through so many coils.
This is all the case even with the car jumped by my other vehicle. I'm really out of ideas. Going to reset to TDC, replace distributor and spark plugs, and try again when there's sun. If that doesn't remedy this. Then I'm lost.