UPDATE:
03/24/2018 update on 6S2148 sputtering stalling issue:
To each of you kind, funny and amazingly gifted Shelby gentleman—I wanted to update you on how things have progressed with 6S2148’s issues as regards;steve to your help.
Like my dad would say “son, I earn $1.00 to hit this thing with a hammer; but I earn $49.00 to know when and where and how hard to hit it.” RIP Dad (Earl Samson 04/28/1932 to 09/28/1995)
—I studied each of the posts that you each made.
—I reread them, considered them, and reread them, again and again.
—I opened the hood, stared and the engine, closed the hood.
—Opened my Snap On tool box. Opened the drawers. Closed them.
I wanted to take the car to a mechanic but I didn’t want to entrust my car to someone I don’t really know. So it began:
I stated with the easy stuff:
—I checked the little hose at the gas tank for age: fine—looks new—wasn’t potentially restricting the gas.I traced the metal line from the tank hose to the front looking for kinks-it is fine.
—I then pulled the air cleaner off, and and decided to clean out the filter as suggested: interestingly—the larger nut on the carborator was loose—finger tight. Would that have caused this issue?
—I removed the filter from the carb and blew it out using my mouth instead of the compressor (I didn’t want to plug it in). Some dark looking viscous gas came out and went on thief loot before I could really evaluate it. So I blew through it several times and found it clear—very clear.
—Then I reinstalled in on the car using white pipe tape on the fittings to make sure they were air tight.
The result: I filled it up with greasy gas again. Because the fuel gauge is not working, I wanted to make sure I had a full tank of freaks get gas.
—Around town there were no sputters, no dying. All okay.
Had the weather not looked like rain, and the clock not indicating Bay Area freeway parking lots instead of free flowing lanes of traffic—I would have taken her for a nice 65 m p h drive to see if those issues have been resolved, or not.
I am going to drive it on the freeway tomorrow— weather permitting—to see if the fuel filter, lose fuel filter-in-let-nut, or perhaps both, were contributing to, or causing in sum, the, problem.
I also am planing to install a fuel filter before the fuel pump as suggested. That will hopefully lengthen the longevity of the fuel pump.
I’ll save all the thank you until I make sure I’m not sitting off a road by the Bay, ” watching the tide toll away”...