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Thanks A.M. It moves freely. This is a fresh rebuild for this year/series (85-86) from Guaranteed Carburetors. It's clean, clean. The choke is opening as the engine warms. It should continue to run but it cuts right off, and I mean RIGHT off.

Could it be that I have a bad ECU, as in when the engine exits closed loop/warm-up and hands off to the ECU, it isn't doing its job and cuts the electrical? I have a spare from my other '86, but it is an auto, not sure if that makes any difference, but I'm not using it and it used to work back when I had a 2.6 in it. Should I try that?

John B.


Now we're getting into the electrics of that carb and that's where my knowledge ends, you saw my solution, pitch it for a mechanical carb <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> I dont even have an ecu.

But, that said, if it's cutting power, once it's warmed check the fuel cut solenoid to see if it has voltage, it should remain hot to allow fuel to keep flowing. If it's a dead wire with the key on, problem found, kinda... then you'll need to diagnose why its doing that.

How long does it have to sit before it will start back up?

I have that spare carb with all it's electrics and a spare gadget box, you're welcome to all of it.

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