Hey guys and girls,

My 74 2.0 has a problem, no big suprise there. But here is the deal I actually bought the teener out of a field for 900.00 and it had been sitting there since 94'.
I changed the oil, new points and plugs drained the fuel tank changed the fuel filter and she started up. I have since driven it close to a 1000 miles. But it has a problem that I cannot seem to get worked out. When I come to a stop it wants to die, I have the idle set at 1000 RPM's. Also when I am driving down the road in any gear it will cut out like the you have switched the key off and turned it back on. I have changed the fuel filter and it ran better for a couple of days but I do not think that is it. Any sugestions?

Sounds electrical to me. Check all your grounds, Fi trigger points, wire harness, etc. . With a prob. like that, on a car that has been in a field for 12 years, it could be anything.

I have some issues with my curciut board, could it be in there?

You cleaned the tank too, not just drained it right?

Yep-cleaned, drained and sealed (por-15)

Absolutely! What you are describing, it may be a mother to track down. I had a prob. similar to yours, then one day the car just quit. Turns out, the throttle cable was touching the spade connector on the ign. coil. It wore through the coating on the outside and touched the metal. The elect. current ran all the way back through to the ign. switch and melted it It was crazy man

when i first got my car, i was chasing similar problems and i finally bit the bullet and bought a brand new relay board.

man, what a difference that made ...
Andy

PS: that was before this forum was alive, so i didn't know better.
if you do a search here, there's a good thread on how to evaluate your current board and fix it if needed ...

Thanks Andy, I will see what I can round up - those boards are expensive new WOW

Well I am not going to give up! It is a great little car and I am going to figure it out. I will check my cable but what are the chances of that happening twice , I am sure we have all seen stranger things though.

what happened to me was more of a fluke.

Most everything that happens to me is a fluke

grounds and hot connections can be deceiving. You can have an almost invisible contamination at the connection point leading to the types of symptoms described. Grounding out wires will do the same. Make sure every connecton is clean and tight. Very unlikely that your brain is cooked.

a faulty Cyl head temp sensor caused similar problem with my 75 2.0

Gary

Hey Gary,

Where is that part located? My problems don't start until the car gets warmed up. However my temp gauge reads normal.

Thanks for the suggestion I will check them out!

And

located betewwn cyls on passenger side of engine.
green wire coming out of the tin,
not related to oil temp that your temp gauge reads.

gary

Thanks Gary I will look at it tonight.

I got to thinking maybe the fuel filter that I am using is incorrect. It is a cheap inline filter from Wal-Mart, it is not very big. What should I be using?

You should use the stock filter or a FI filter.

The one I am using is not FI but looks alot like the one pelican has pictured and the stock stock filter. Should I try a larger FI filter?