NAA: Bizarre problem

Could it be timing? Could the distributor not be operating correctly? Any other ideas?

Many Thanks In Advance!
Patrick

Can anyone shed some light on this?

• N-Tiques

I once had an old man come in my shop with the same symptoms in an old Chev car. start up a hil or excellerate quick and the engine would cough and spit and when you released the accelerator it would purr like a kitten. Start up a steep hill and it did the same thing.

Turned out after lots of scratching of the head that the wires that go to the starter solenoid had been left dangling and had gotten close to the manifold and every time you accelerated the wires would swing into the manifold and short out the ignition wire that went to the solenoid that bypasses the resistors in automobiles.
Taped up the naked wires and tied them back where they could no longer reach the exhaust manifold and he went on his merry way.

Tal

So what did it turn out to be and what was the remedy?

Thanks!
Patrick