The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

RB:
is the vapor lock only a problem when you try to restart it, or does it conk out when running?

Only on a restart and that's after it has been sitting for more than fifteen minutes. It will sometimes quit while I'm driving but that's due to a slightly flaky ignition switch. When that happens I just have to turn it to the off position then back to run and press the starter button and it starts right back up. There's no wiring to the fuel pump on mine. It an old school mechanical pump driven by the engine. No electronics in the ignition either. Old fashioned breaker points and condenser. It was originally electronic ignition but somewhere along the line somebody changed it over by switching out the distributor and putting on a non-electronic carburetor. Probably because the Lean-Burn electronic ignition system is one of the best fire starters ever made.