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    Posted: 06-April-2018 at 7:17AM
Hi All, First post here. I'm glad to have found you all.
I just purchased a 73 Gran Torino 4-door with the original 302 in it. I'm having some issues, which I'll outline here:
- Idles fine on start, but once engine warms up it will die if I take my foot off the accelerator
- Again, on start it is fine, but once it is warm I lose power on acceleration. It feels like the engine is cutting out momentarily and then coming back in
- Even with my foot on the gas, sometimes it will die when I switch from park to drive

My first suspicion was a vacuum leak, which may be the case as many hoses are quite old. I'll be spending the weekend tinkering with the idle to see if that's the problem. I also suspect it could be a needle valve issue.

If anyone has any experience with such symptoms, any help would be very much appreciated!
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Mat
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Does your motor still have the thermostatic vacuum switch? if so, check it for cracks.  i had one in a 71 Mustang(my first car). Was just as you described, and I went round and round with it until I did the wd-40 trick and found the barb for the rubber hose was mostly broken.
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Another possibility is points/condenser. A weak condenser will act like/feel like a lack of fuel/vacuum type issue and it frequently gets worse with heat.
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What's the idle speed set at when it's warm?  What are you running for ignition?  What carb, I am assuming stock?  Have you checked the if the carb accelerator pump is shooting fuel?
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You seem to have found the issue! I had a couple barbs that were cracked. Installed all new hoses today and it’s running great. Thanks everyone!
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