Stalling on Right Turns - Bad Electrical Connection, Bad Gas or ?

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Alan H. Tast
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Stalling on Right Turns - Bad Electrical Connection, Bad Gas or ?

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I had this issue crop up on me this morning when starting out to attend a car show about 30 miles from me. Car is set up with points/condenser and stock Autolite 4100, mechanical fuel pump, etc.

https://www.vintagethunderbirdclub.net/ ... 48#p127148

I had a lot of angst about continuing on after my second stop/stall about 6 miles from home, and actually was afraid to shut the car off to fill it another 12 miles later (don't worry, steering column was swung over and I was at a place where I wasn't concerned about someone jumping into the car and driving off while I was filling it). Filling the car with new, fresh $5.75-ish/gallon Premium non-alcohol gas ($46 for just over 7 gallons) and making sure the batter cut-off know was securely tightened may have helped solve the problem, along with going for a more-extensive drive than I've been taking the past year or so.

And, yes, I made it home just fine. You can see photos at the VTCI's Facebook Group page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5337870 ... &ref=notif
Alan H. Tast, AIA
Technical Director/Past President,
Vintage Thunderbird Club Int'l.
Author, "Thunderbird 1955-1966" & "Thunderbird 50 Years"
1963 Hardtop & 1963 Sports Roadster
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