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Originally Posted by Daves55Sedan
The thing that caught my eye is that you said it died after making a turn, which immediately led me to suspect your battery might be shorting out on turns. But another thing that can cause the engine to die on a turn is if your carburetor float needle gets temporarily stuck open by some sediment. That will cause your float bowl to fill up to high, spill over and flood out your engine, killing it.
Don't know if you have the Holley 2100, Ford EBU 2bbl, or the 4bbl teapot. I know it can happen with both the 2bbl carbs they offered then and also the Holley 1904 used with the 223 I-block 6 is susceptible. Not sure if the teapot has this problem.
I personally would not hesitate to take off the air-horn of the carb, blow out the float needle with spray carb cleaner and check the float setting. Last time I did it, took me less than 15 minutes. But that is just me. If you are mechanically minded, these cars are great to learn with. A shop manual is always helpful and you can get more detailed rebuilding literature for your specific carb from oldcarmanualproject on the internet.
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Thanks for these thoughts. I hadn't thought about it being a battery problem, although I realize it could be. I once had a battery cable somehow come right off the post while I was driving. The car died and I coasted to the side of the road. I was looking over the engine and just about ready to call for a flat bed, when I saw the cable was laying beside the battery. WTH??!! For the life of me, I don't know how that happened. So, hooked it up, was on my way.
The thing that makes me think its not a battery problem this time is the dome light was a strong as ever, and the car started right up when I first went out, and after being flat bedded to the shop, and getting shaken around, and maybe reconnecting some electrical connection, it started right up again in the shop parking lot after being removed from the flat bed. Then, it was shut off, and it wouldn't start up. Then, it did when they drove into the rack area. After reattaching the bracket and inserting a second holding screw, its started every time, which must be 12-15 times.
I hate electrical problems.
