Joker,

Thanks. I do not have a heat plate. I did free up the stuck manifold heat valve and added a spring that was missing there. I may have that set up wrong because I have never seen it move. But I have it set up the only way it will go as one side of the split shaft is large and the other is small, corresponding to the opening at the center of the manifold heat spring. And the open (hook) end of the spring is resting on the manifold "post" as it should (I think). I may have never run it hot enough to activate it, though. I have no body panels on this truck at all, so she runs pretty cool right now...

Fuel lines are good. All 5/16 steel, running from the aluminum fuel tank to the pump, then up the steel line straight to the glass bowl filter (clear) and into the carb.

I have only one vacuum line, running from the carb (a Carter YF) to the vacuum advance. I blew air through that last weekend and it is clear as well.

Would this likely be a fuel problem, though, if the voltage at the coil goes away when it dies?

Thanks for the suggestions and please keep them coming.

Jim

1957 Chevrolet 3100 Stepside
235, 3-speed w/OD
In the Stovebolt Gallery