Today started out with me getting my 1955 1st series registered. The nice lady at DMV went into the back and gave me plates that end in 1955. So after work I get home and put the plates and registration on the truck and take a ride to a friends house. He is about 2 miles from my house. The drive there and back was fine. The engine is the stock 235 which starts right up in the driveway and ran fine in my trips around the block. I was getting about 19" of vacuum at idle and the previous owner actually drove the truck to my house about 35 miles.
I then went home to take my daughter out for a ride. I was taking her to a park to let her drive the truck. We get about 2 miles from the house and the truck just dies. It starts losing power and dies. I roll to the side and try to see if I can restart it. It wouldn't restart. I had my daughter pump the gas while looking down the carb and did not see any fuel spray. A policeman stopped to help and I tried to start the car and it started right up.
I started driving the truck home and got a little over a mile and it died again. I called my wife who was sure I ran out of gas. She brought a can with 2 gallons of gas. Poured it in and after another 15 minutes the truck started and I headed home. About a quarter mile from home the truck died again. This time I could not get it restarted but was lucky that a neighbor I did not know stopped and pushed me home with his Jeep.
Anyway, I am thinking maybe it is vapor lock but am wondering if it could possibly be valve related. The reason being that I happen to have a vacuum gauge hooked up while the wiper motor is being rebuilt. One on the things I noticed was that just before it died the vacuum dropped to almost zero. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
