- Sep 9, 2012
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I have a 68 mustang with 289 engine. The block numbers actually indicate it’s a 302. 2 years ago I put an edelbrock 500 cfm 4v on it with edel performer manifold. Last year I put edel 321/347 performance package on it. After that I did have some cranking problems when the weather was hot. I am in Houston and we had a very hot summer last year. Edel sent me a heat soak gasket which helped a lot on the cranking.
When the car is cold, sits overnight I push pedal to the floor and back up twice to set the choke and it cranked perfectly on first turn of starter but after the car ran a few miles and heated up it was hard to start if I turned it off for a few minutes. The gasket did help that and then the weather got cooler and I had no problems all winter.
Now that summer is here I am back to the same problem but with a new twist that just happened 2 days ago. Now even when the car has sat all night it does not want to crank where just a few days ago I could set the choke with the pedal and it would fire right up. And each time it seems to be getting worse. It acts like it’s not getting gas. I am about ready to sell it if anyone is interested. My wife almost got stranded this morning and she is not happy. Seriously we love this car but this problem has to get solved or me or the car has to go. All suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I do have the edel fuel strainer on it, I forget the number but is about 2 inches long and blue. That is my filter.
When the car is cold, sits overnight I push pedal to the floor and back up twice to set the choke and it cranked perfectly on first turn of starter but after the car ran a few miles and heated up it was hard to start if I turned it off for a few minutes. The gasket did help that and then the weather got cooler and I had no problems all winter.
Now that summer is here I am back to the same problem but with a new twist that just happened 2 days ago. Now even when the car has sat all night it does not want to crank where just a few days ago I could set the choke with the pedal and it would fire right up. And each time it seems to be getting worse. It acts like it’s not getting gas. I am about ready to sell it if anyone is interested. My wife almost got stranded this morning and she is not happy. Seriously we love this car but this problem has to get solved or me or the car has to go. All suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I do have the edel fuel strainer on it, I forget the number but is about 2 inches long and blue. That is my filter.