Hi All,
My '70 Bug has been acting up. It has been running fine until a couple of months ago when it shut off at a stop light. However, it started right back up. And drove fine for a few weeks.
Then it happened again, and again, gradually getting closer and closer to eachother. The other day, I backed out of my parking spot and it died. There's no noise. It just turns off. I tried starting it and it wouldn't start so I pushed it back in the parking spot and came back a few hours later and she started up just fine and died like two blocks away. But this time it Backfired. Timing right? Well I just Adjusted the timing and started it up and it died. The idle seemed really low, like it wasn't getting something it should be.
It always dies out of gear. When I put it in neutral and release the clutch pedal it dies. I also tried adjusting the idle air screw, but no luck. I adjusted the idle screw before I thought of adjusting timing and it drove me around for about an hour. And died.
I'm tempted to take her to a mechanic, because I'm trying to sell her fast. I recently bought a '71 Bus, so she has to go. Any Suggestions to get her in working order?
Thanks, JBenziger