[s-cars] Just cut out and died.

[Bill Mahoney]

Hey Randy!

All good points you make there.

I had asked my mechanic to check over the cps during rebuild and he had said
he did for whatever that means.

The car "was" totally fine until gas fill up and like I said it did die
within five minutes and < a couple hundred yards at the drive in teller
window.  

I had never had the S car just stall out like that out while idling.   So,
watered gas /frozen line it "could" be although I doubt the station would
ever admit it.

I did probably about 90 seconds (on and off) of subsequent cranking.
Wouldn't this purge H2O?  I had added a bottle + of dry gas to the tank
about 30 minutes and maybe 10 miles before the final failure.  

Could be too that Randy's old cylinder block requires a bit of Pinot Noir
fuel mixture?

Also something to throw in the mix was that I believe that the thermostat
was stuck open and the temp gauge was maybe only 1/8" or so off of cold.  I
had ordered a new thermostat yesterday which I had hoped to install this
weakend.  (BTW the stealer wants $95 for this now. last one I got there was
I think $35ish.  Would up getting a Wahler with o ring for $20. good??)

Stay tuned.

Dead Bill M