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General Discussion / Hot no start

« on: October 10, 2016, 09:30:35 PM »

Having trouble with my 69 Z/28 not starting when hot.  Seems to be a vapor lock or something.  Car starts fine cold, runs and drives fine up to temperature but when I go to restart it while hot I have to pump the gas repeatedly for it to restart.  Has original Holley carb, recently rebuilt, same problem before and after the rebuild.  Has original style steel fuel lines, no carb heat shield. 

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Maintenance / Temp Gauge

« on: February 16, 2016, 03:22:20 PM »

69 Z/28 original 302 original console gauges.  Looking for suggestions to diagnose my temp gauge.  Within minutes of starting the car the temp gauge slowly swings all the way to the right and would indicate the car has reached a very high temperature although it has barely warmed up.  I see nothing to indicate the car has reached such a high temperature, nothing coming out of overflow tube.  Anti freeze level is correct, there are no leaks.  The original radiator has been re-cored within the last 100 miles.  I purchased the car in August and immediately did a firewall forward restoration and I don't recall if the gauge functioned properly prior to dis-assembly.