I purchased a 55 Monterey at auction in April. It has 12 volt conversion and is running on an electric fuel pump. It is the stock 292 with a tea pot carb. It is very cold natured when starting.
A couple of weeks ago I went out for a ride and it was driving nicely. Came to a red light and had to sit a few minutes. The engine starting idling rough and sputtering as if choking for gas, then cut off. I tried turning it over and it would turn over but not fire up. Got it to the side of the road and tried to start numerous times. I have a glass filter leading to the carb and it had gas in it. Finally called a friend to come help, we got a gas can (I did not know if the gauge was accurate but was read 3/4 of a tank. Put 2.5 gallons in and went to start. Same thing, it turned over but did not fire. I pushed the pedal to the floor and turned over for about 15-20 seconds and it sputtered then fired up. Drove home fine and restarted several times that day as I did work on it and moved it around the garage.
I assumed it was out of gas and the gauge was wrong.
Today I started it and let it idle and warm up while I worked on other things (about 30 minutes). Took it out to fill it up with gas and it was running and driving good. It only took 2.5 to 3 gallons and was full, so I guess the gauge is correct. Drove about 1/4 mile up the road and stopped to make a left against heavy traffic, so was stopped for a couple of minutes. It sputtered and cut off just like before. It would turn over but not fire as before. This time I floored the pedal and turned it over for a good 5-10 seconds and it fired up.
I pulled into the lot and turn right around to head home it started to sputter again waiting to pull out so I kept it reved up until I got rolling again. It drove fine home but started sputtering and stalled while pulling into my garage. I was feathering the gas to get it parked right where I wanted. Floored it, turned it over for a few seconds and it fired up again. Left it in neutral and it ran smooth.
My guess is it seems to be flooding in drive while sitting still. Is this a tea pot problem. Any suggestions. My plan is to put a B manifold on with a new Holley or Edelbrock carb. But I don't want to do that and have a fantom problem to chase down. Sorry for being long but I thaught a full description would help.
