after driving my FJ40 to work for a few days (man it was running great) I hopped out and left it running when I went in to get my son from daycare. When I came out it had stalled, NO BIGGIE fired her back up and drove home. When I got home it would not idle, it kept loading up like it was dumping too much fuel and on restarts I got some black smoke. It smooths out at higher RPM's but something is wrong.
I replaced the fuel filter and plugs, filled her up with Chevron 93 hoping I had some bad gas. After all this I bailed and took her to a local shop hoping they would have a quick fix. The mechanic has called me 3 times asking questions and this guy's shop has been around longer than I have been alive ???
he says that it is not a fuel or fuel delivery problem and that he only had spark on 3 plug wires. He asked why the engine did not have a harmonic balancer (it's a punched out 283 from the mid sixties) he said he advanced the timing and it got better but still dies and he wasn't sure what to do.
I suggested replacing the plug wires and checking the HEI distrubitor (Accel) and he said he hadn't checked it but would, I also asked if it could be a intake leak........I sent it to a MECHANIC because I had done all I could do and wanted PROFESSIONAL HELP but it doesn't seem like I'm getting it can any body help me GUESS what is wrong????
SPECS:
1964 283 bored .40 over
10:1 flat top pistons
Ultradyne RV cam
Edelbrock 650 Carb (6 months old)
this engine was built by the previous owner and has less than 25k miles, it has run fantastic until last week.
questions, answers, and smart ass comments accepted
I replaced the fuel filter and plugs, filled her up with Chevron 93 hoping I had some bad gas. After all this I bailed and took her to a local shop hoping they would have a quick fix. The mechanic has called me 3 times asking questions and this guy's shop has been around longer than I have been alive ???
he says that it is not a fuel or fuel delivery problem and that he only had spark on 3 plug wires. He asked why the engine did not have a harmonic balancer (it's a punched out 283 from the mid sixties) he said he advanced the timing and it got better but still dies and he wasn't sure what to do.
I suggested replacing the plug wires and checking the HEI distrubitor (Accel) and he said he hadn't checked it but would, I also asked if it could be a intake leak........I sent it to a MECHANIC because I had done all I could do and wanted PROFESSIONAL HELP but it doesn't seem like I'm getting it can any body help me GUESS what is wrong????
SPECS:
1964 283 bored .40 over
10:1 flat top pistons
Ultradyne RV cam
Edelbrock 650 Carb (6 months old)
this engine was built by the previous owner and has less than 25k miles, it has run fantastic until last week.
questions, answers, and smart ass comments accepted