ok first thing hello and i am a proud new owner of a 72 ford maverick with the original 302 engine and C4 trans. well i just got it today and drove it home well almost . i did test drive the car drove a coupe of miles and it was perfect brakes alittle soft but that i knew needed some worked since it was stock. but on the way home it stalled out when i would go from a stop at a light and add gas to it and i would start it again and it would drive for about 1 mile and cut off like no fuel was getting to the carb but when i let it sit for a minute it will start up again and drive for about a mile. i talked to a buddy that is a huge ford motor guy and he says that the fuel filter on the sending unit and in the line maybe clogged. and the carb needs to be tuned since it is a new rebuilt carb. does this sound about right or there somthing else it could be? and could anyone direct me to pics and like drawings of the fuel system and carb? the car is a holley 4v that is off a 85 mustang thanks any help will mean so much to me
maverick help sounds about right to me. i would check any sort of fuel filter u have first. sounds like it is sucking something up in the sending unit and then letting it go after a few. the doing it again. kind of like a tennis ball on the end of a shop vac hose, when you turn it of it goes away, but when you turn it back on, well you know. but your carb could be way out of whack. have your ford guy help you tune it.good luck old cars are bound to have bugs! trust me i have been there with my 71 mav.
i don't know there should be a filter on the sending unit at the pick up the pervious owner did say that the tank just cleaned out and re coated could that add to the problem like something getting clogged on the end and then we i let it sit it moves away and then is sucked back onto the pick up ???
There should be a filter in the tank on the pickup, but that doesn't mean there is one. And you're right about moving objects blocking the pickup, that's a possibility. There should also be a filter in the line before the carb too. If there's not, then you may have something in the carb blocking the needle/seat (that's the valve inside the fuel bowl that regulates the fuel entering the carb) These usually stick open though. Some Holleys have a "rock" filter inside the inlet fitting that can get clogged if there's not an inline filter before the carb.
could it be a...nonvented cap on a nonvented tank... ...or something has the vent in the cap/tank stopped up... take the gas cap off and see if it will go longer..
ok so then ill take out the fuel tank and the sending unit and see what is looks like then. does anyone know where i car get a new tank and sending unit? and the perivous owner had jamed the needle seat and he had to replace them before i drove it could that be a problem too? if so what should i do thanks guys
ok look here now the gas cap had a bad seal so i got a new cap and the filler tube's seal was not in place so i put that in place. also i have now that the gas gauge wasnt working but in my process of fallowing the wires from the sending unit the wires were cut by the kick panel so when i reconnect the wires and power is going to the sending unit could this fix my problem???????? thanks guys you have been alot of help just want her to be running and drive
i need a hood for mf 691/2maverick can you help& frontbuper&back bumper as well anyey help you can be i well gratful ke4zaj i hope to the car up an runing this summer i useing a76 comet for as meney parts as i can my cell is 404-422-2840 i realy wont to put this car back to gather.i dont wont to crus it thank you
fuel problims I hate reading but i did ready your thread and some others. so i thought i would say when i got my 71 it would run but a few minutes and then die. so i took of my fuel lines off and they were fool of nasty build up and also some water. so if thats the case i found that a coat hanger and some brake cleaner worked wanders. and of curse a new fuel filter.
