1972 Chevy C-10 with 250 L-6
May 11, 2005
26 Replies
OK...I was thinking it was a dist. swap...
Is it ONLY acting up in high gear at 45MPH? Can you get it to do it any other gear/speed combinations?
Pull the dist' cap and check if there is shaft wobble?
suction
How about the obvious, the fuel pump? It sounds like a classic fuel starvation problem as I have seen before. Higway would use a higher sustained fuel flow per hour rate than town driving. Also check for a kinked fuel line, a hose collapsed internally and a even a partially plug fuel pickup in tank too. This is a fuel issue, not ignition so do not waste time chasing gremlins there.
Have u Checked for intake mainfold leak!
.60 plug gap on the older hei engines
Chad Hamann wrote:
Check to see if you have at least 12 volts at HEI when running. 72's used a resistor wire to feed original coil. HEI's crap out at higher rpm if they aren't fed a full 12 volts.
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