Hesitation,misfire, stumble, and hard start

1979 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
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RRAM9142
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I have a 79 monte carlo with a 267 2 bbl Rochester 2M series Dueljet Carb. I have always since had a hesitation problem stepping on the gas which I have never been able to correct. In the last couple of weeks I noticed that my car was misfiring, so I gave the car a tune up and noticed that one of the spark plug wires was split. Then as I was replacing the rotor I notice the thin metal piece was broken in half. I replaced the distributor and rotor, started it up and running great. the next week it was missing really bad and I found that on the new rotor the thin metal piece was broken. I replace yet to have a problem, but it was still missing. So I replaced the fuel filter and I notice that the car was running alittle rich so I adjusted the carb and everything was running great. I drove around and parked it, I went out to the store a little later things seemed fine. (still had the hesitation if I stepped on the gas but running smooth) as I was pulling up to the house the car wanted to die as if little fuel was getting to it. I set it in park and it died. tried to start it and would not turn over. I went in to the house and let it sit for 30 min. I tried again and got it started by keeping my foot on the gas pedal but the motor stumbled and I had to keep my foot on the gas. I messed around with it and got it to run but it still stumbles.






Nov 20, 2011 at 10:59 PM
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"it would not turn over". That tells me there is a problem with either the starter, the battery, or the solenoid, since "turning over" means the starter is engaging and spinning the engine during the starting cycle.

The hesitation is most likely a faulty accelerator pump. This is located in the bottom of the float chamber, usually on the driver's side, near the front.

The issue with the rotor could be either the wrong cap or the rotor being improperly seated.

Pull the air cleaner off. Look down the throat of the carb and twist the throttle. You should see a nice squirt of fuel down the throat.
Nov 20, 2011 at 11:28 PM
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