Hello from Colorado

[pilgrm9]

Howdy, I currently drive a 1964 Chrysler New Yorker with a 413. I have been using it as daily driver for the last 3 years. The beast will not stay running now due to some mysterious issue. It has gas, spark and I have put in new points, plugs & wires, condenser, ballast resistor, coil cap & rotor, fuel pump. It has good compression but tries to start and just will not stay running. It was running great, I stopped at the store and when I left it started loosing power, died a couple time and I got to coast into my drive way. It has been at a mechanics shop now and they are baffled. Any Mopar guru advice would really be helpful.

 

[68plymouth383]

Welcome to the program! !

 

[1978 NYB]

Welcome.......nice car!

Will it fire if you spray ether in the carb?

 

[C Body Bob]

Ballast resistor is bad. Jump it to be sure or weak/bad coil

 

[C Body Bob]

I have also seen a faulty ignition switch do that

 

[pilgrm9]

Tried starting fluid, no help really. It tries to start and will run for a minute but dies. It has good fuel pressure and is not bad gas. Ran a line to the pump with new gas in a gas can even. The mechanic is tearing into the carb now.

 

[1978 NYB]

I would check the ballast resistor as some else had mentioned. You should keep a spare one for moments like this.

 

[pilgrm9]

Ballast resistor is bad. Jump it to be sure or weak/bad coil

New ballast resistor & coil, ignition switch is good. It is getting good spark to the plugs. The mechanic has confirmed all the ignition and fuel supply I checked are working. The timing chain hasn't jumped a tooth. It is getting good gas to the carb and has good spark. It wants to start but just will not keep running.

 

[67Monaco]

Fusible link. We've seen a few do this recently. Even though they're supposed to blow and be done.

BTW, former Broomfield, Northglenn, and Littleton resident here...

 

[pilgrm9]

Fusible link. We've seen a few do this recently. Even though they're supposed to blow and be done.

Is there than one fusible link? The fusible link would kill it after it starts for a minute or two?

 

[detmatt]

Welcome to the site from the Motor City! It's gotta be one of those things!

 

[Boomer]

Sounds like maybe you have an obstructed jet, perhaps some kind of crud got sucked in and is blocking most of the fuel flow. Over time enough fuel seeps into the bowl to start it, but as soon as that supply is exhausted, the engine dies. Do you run a fuel filter and if so, has it been changed? If it has good gas to the carb, it would be inside of course.

Or you could have an intermittent electrical issue from bad ignition wiring as some have suggested to something in line with the distributor and coil. If cleaning up the carb doesn't do it, I'd say get it running again and as soon as it dies, stick a VOM or DVM on the wire going into the distributor from the coil and see what it reads. Should be somewhere between 8-10 volts. If that's okay, check inside.

BTW, all those new parts are great, but don't assume they're good just because they're new. They should be and probably are, but I've had bad electrical parts right out of the box before. Always good to have a known-good substitute on hand to swap in for testing.

 

[pilgrm9]

Hi all, the mechanic found all sorts of crud in the carb, WooHoo! The only trouble now is he said there is no tag or any numbers on the carb. Oreilly had 2 kits for a 64 new yorker and neither where the right one. Any help on guessing what carb they put on my beast? It should be a Carter AFB from my research? It appears to be the original and has never been rebuilt for sure.

 

[saylor]

post us up lots of pictures of the carb and we can tell you what it is after we see it