Topic: 1979 trans am

[4SPEED]

did you run out of gas?   

[racereaper7]

^no its got a full tank of gas and when i tried to start it you can hear and see the acc pump squirting gas into the carb. the carb was smoking out of the top?
the car will start and the the rpms start to drop and the car dies then when you try to start you can hear the starter i think try to turn over or crank and nothing. you can rev the engine and the car will not die but when you let off it dies? i dont know if i should mess with it or i should wait until i install the performer and hopfully do a compression and timing.
-i dont know what i did besides the spring being off, it was running fine for 5-10 minutes and the i turn it off to clean the spring off.spring comes off when i start and not it dies.

[4SPEED]

did you suck the rag down into the carb. I did that once

[Nexus]

i would also check all the vaccume lines and make sure they are hooked up where they need to be

[racereaper7]

no rag around the carb but that would be a bad thing, ill have to check if something came lose when i go back.
i just dont know what could have gone wrong.it was working turn off the car,start without the spring for throttle and turned off quickly and now the rpms drop and the car dies.
im going to try to get my father in law to come over to take a look but that is very hard to do because me and him have our good times but most of the times its the opposit.

[eroc022]

no rag around the carb but that would be a bad thing, ill have to check if something came lose when i go back.
i just dont know what could have gone wrong.it was working turn off the car,start without the spring for throttle and turned off quickly and now the rpms drop and the car dies.
im going to try to get my father in law to come over to take a look but that is very hard to do because me and him have our good times but most of the times its the opposit.

almost sounds like the idle screw needs to be turned up, as in the spring is keeping the idle too low......thats  a very very simple fix and would keep it from running......try screwing it in and raising your idle speed a little bit to see if that would be the cause

[racereaper7]

that may be it because it was running a little rough before, ill try that out to.
*i just want to say thank you all for your help and support,thank you

[racereaper7]

just got back from my dads house (to chilly and wet to work on the T/A-i wanted to do some engine cleaning before the intake manifold gets here tomorrow im excited)
-well to get to the point i went to start the trans am to see what it would do. the car crank and sounded like it wanted to turn over but no fuel was getting to it? so i put my foot on the gas and started the car. bam the car started right up and it stayed at idel (1000rpm), i started 3 more times with out puting my foot on the gas and the car stayed on at 1000rpm. i dont? i guess it had to sit, ill have to give it a better look over when it stops raining. the car is under a car port tarpet off but the ground is uneven so there is a little flooding by the rear tires and between the front (driver) tire and the door, (just pudals of water-nothing that would do much damage just hard to work on the ground)

[hada76]

i used to have a GP w/QJ that would "load up"...hard to start and then black smoke till it cleared out...wild

[racereaper7]

just wanted to post some pictures of what i got in the mail today. im so excited about getting this part (i saved for over a year to get), im finally getting the ball rolling to get this bird running again

[Nexus]

ooooo  aaaawwwe

is it on yet?   

[racereaper7]

i hope to have it installed this weekend for my dads birthday,im hoping every thing goes well with the install. i wanted to have the engine painted before the install but im probably going to wait until i get a new exhaust system because the old one is leaking/cracking

[Nexus]

well you know the drill...keep us posted

[racereaper7]

i will i just ordered hopfully all the install items (gaskets,plugs,bolts...) and should be getting here tomorrow and friday.
so im hoping to get it installed on sunday of maybe before depending on the weather its suppost to rain for the next three days. when i go over tomorrow for my dads birthday im going to try to break loose the bolts on the water neck and other parts i need to change over and see if ill have to replace anything. wish me luck. im also hoping to get step by step or close to it. video before and after (if i can get my old school cheap camera to work)

[racereaper7]

i think i got all the supplies for the install, not sure on the pipe plug sizes? im going to try and get installed this weekend/sunday,but you never know what could happen