I own (or should I say it owns me) a ‘70 145 with Dual Strombergs (featured in Rolling Magazine this issue). They were rebuilt, added Pertronix, Pertronix coil, rebuilt Bosch distributor, new plugs and wires. Cold start is fine with manual choke but hot start requires the “foot to the floor” strategy the owners manual recommends. Here is the curious part, after the hot start, it drives okay but if I have to stop shortly after the hot start it won’t idle and stalls. After a few miles without stopping, it is fine. I moved the fuel filter farther away from the block and added some insulation to the fuel line that feeds the carbs.
Yesterday, it stalled turning into my driveway and would not restart. Just cranked away and then I gave up. Yes, it has gas in the tank.
One last thing...it runs cool when driving. In 80 degree weather, if I stop and let it idle I can watch the temp gauge move quickly towards red. I haven’t let it get into the red. I put a new thermostat in but that hasn’t helped.
I acknowledge the fact that it sat for 30 years but we have taken the necessary steps to cure obvious issues like cleaning tank, fuel lines etc.
Crazy.
Yesterday, it stalled turning into my driveway and would not restart. Just cranked away and then I gave up. Yes, it has gas in the tank.
One last thing...it runs cool when driving. In 80 degree weather, if I stop and let it idle I can watch the temp gauge move quickly towards red. I haven’t let it get into the red. I put a new thermostat in but that hasn’t helped.
I acknowledge the fact that it sat for 30 years but we have taken the necessary steps to cure obvious issues like cleaning tank, fuel lines etc.
Crazy.