The Ford Barn

Mister Moose · 05-26-2021, 06:31 PM

Drove the Tudor today and it was 85 degrees. Car got up to operating temperature. Pulled into a gas station to squirt in a few gallons. Started right up, drove 200 feet, and it was like turning the key off. No sputtering, no surging, just dead. On a 4 lane busy road no less with no shoulder. Luckily a few guys from a business across the street came over to help push me to the next driveway.

After 10 minutes it occurred to me to check the temps of the condenser. The exhaust manifold was about 350 and the condenser was 210.

After the condenser cooled to 100. I tried the starter and it fired right up. Ran great.

In the past when I had a bad condenser it would run sputtery and weak. This just went dead. Is this symptomatic of a condenser as well. or something else?

05-26-2021, 06:31 PM	#1
Mister Moose Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Hartford area, CT Posts: 374	Dead A on the side of the road question Drove the Tudor today and it was 85 degrees. Car got up to operating temperature. Pulled into a gas station to squirt in a few gallons. Started right up, drove 200 feet, and it was like turning the key off. No sputtering, no surging, just dead. On a 4 lane busy road no less with no shoulder. Luckily a few guys from a business across the street came over to help push me to the next driveway. After 10 minutes it occurred to me to check the temps of the condenser. The exhaust manifold was about 350 and the condenser was 210. After the condenser cooled to 100. I tried the starter and it fired right up. Ran great. In the past when I had a bad condenser it would run sputtery and weak. This just went dead. Is this symptomatic of a condenser as well. or something else?