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Reply to "Cooling, cooling, cooling"

When Pantera owners say “cooling/radiator issues”, we normally think engine overheating, coolant coming out of the overflow tank, hoses coming off, and the engine block temperature above (say) 250*, temperature gauge pegged.

This can happen with a marginal cooling  system (sometimes a very stock one), and the other aforementioned reasons.

Your problem sounds different - I too might lean towards the “component overheating” theory, based on your description of the symptoms.   The component most prone to something like this would be the coil.

Is your coil mounted on the firewall behind the passenger?

Another relatively easy test might be to wrap some insulating material around the fuel lineup to the carb...  maybe you are having vapor lock?

After the engine dies, and you step on (floor) the accelerator - does gas squirt out of the upper jets of the carburetor?  You have to remove the air cleaner lid to see...

Rocky

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