‘74 2.0 Wont Start Options

[Jackba]

Hello,
I’ve read through quite a few posts on this subject While working through the problem but I’m still stuck. I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

This is an original car with FI. Car was cutting out while on the freeway. Was able to get it home. Weeks later I got back to it, started it and took it on a test drive. It was cutting out even worse on local streets. Got it home.

Posted on the site and the advice was to pull and clean distributor. Did that and checked trigger points ignition points and cap. Looked good. Changed condenser. Checked all wires and saw nothing out of place. Removed and checked and cleaned the board on throttle body. Very clean with minimal tracing. Hooked up battery and turned key to on 4 times. Fuel pump running. Pressed accelerator to check for 20 clicks. Then tried to start. Cranks well and catches then dies after one revolution. Tried again several times and it only cranks. Tried again and it catches and runs well for 3 seconds. This was repeated many times in no particular order.
Still won’t run.

I rechecked the static timing again and went through the same process and got the same results.

Next I plan to pull the fuel filter and injectors and see if I’m getting fuel. If no fuel in the rails could it be the fuel pump even though it runs for 1.5 seconds each time I turn on the ignition? Fuel pump is 3 port and probably original to the car.

Any other ideas are welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Jack

[Jackba]

I started this post back in July when my ‘74 2.0 wouldn’t start. Got lots of help from the group and after going through a lengthy checklist seen in a previous post on this thread, a new fuel pump got me back on the road.
Unfortunately I took the car out a few days ago and the problem that got me started down this path reappeared. After all the improvements, the car runs better than it ever has since I’ve owned it, until it gets warm. Then it starts bucking...badly. At first it was intermittent hesitation but now it’s back to bucking.
In previous posts I’ve listed every step along the way.
The only thing I haven’t done is replace the coil, which is about 5 years old. It’s as if it completely and suddenly loses power for an instant. Voltmeter never wavers.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Jack