Engine won't start when it's Hot.

[tubman]

Originally Posted by D. Jones

If it were me I'd replace the HC setup with a regular distributor and try it, if it fires up when hot then you have isolated the problem to the HC unit, if it doesn't fire then look at the coil and the wire from the coil to the distributor.


Just my $0.02 worth.

I think this is a good idea. Several times, I have been able to finally find a pesky problem by swapping in a known good unit. As a matter of fact, I'm in the middle of just such an exercise right now concerning (O/T) Quadrajet carburetors.