Very Frustrated - Engine Problems!

[patrija]

Sorry for the delay in getting back on this thread. The family arrived on Wednesday for Thanksgiving and I swore of the computer while they were here.

Wednesday was a progress day with the car, as I was able to drive it home. The local mechanic diagnosed the primary problem of the stuttering and hesitating as being the ignition wire from the MSD 6A to the MSD Ignition Coil. This wire connection was apparently working itself loose causing lack of spark at the distributor during driving and eventually coming permanently loose so it wouldn't start. He fixed this wire, but I'm planning to run a new one. He also changed all the carb gaskets, but it still needs some tuning.

I must also highly commend Southern Automotive again. Susan and Bill called me on Wednesday as soon as they returned home from their vacation. I was of course very impressed with the efforts to reach me as they tracked me down on my cell phone. Being the true expert, Bill diagnosed the ignition wire over the phone in about 5 minutes. Now we'll just wrap up efforts with the carb. I'm definitely one of the faithful!

To remove any confusion, the car was running incredibly well when I brought it home from SA a few weeks ago. There is an earlier post from me to this effect with pictures of the new Turkey Pan that Luis worked on for me.

Biggest learning lesson: Learn and check the easy things first.
Second learning lesson: Be patient and trust the experts.

Thanks everyone!
Jason