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Car dies under load, difficult starting 200 1983

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posted by  Dylan Berichon on  Tue Nov 3 11:11 CST 2009
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This is in regards to my friend's '83 242, AW-70 tranny.

My friend called me last night to tell me his 242 had died. I went to check it out for him and did the usual checks: 25 amp fuse, fuel pump relays, AMM.

25 amp fuse was fine, as were the fuel pump relays. I did the Air mass meter test by unplugging it to see if the car would start or run any differently, and I couldn't get it to run at all with it unplugged.

The car has a difficult time starting. It turns and turns and turns and eventually will catch and fire. Idle fluctuates all over the place for a little while then it finally settles down.

Once the car is put into gear, it will stall. Giving the car gas at idle will also cause it to stall. (It won't stall if you very gently lean into the gas.) Once the car is up to speed it seems to behave normally.

I'm wondering if there might be a vacuum leak somewhere, but I looked and could not find one.

The car has the white cap Chrysler ignition, and I'm going to throw on a fresh set of ignition parts (Cap, Rotor, Plugs, etc...) It hasn't been tuned in a couple of years, so it seems like a good place to start. After that I have no idea where to go.

If the tune up doesn't solve this problem (and I get the feeling that it probably won't), what's the next step?

Thanks as always!
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