hard to start...solved (I hope)

[DutchEdwin]

Last year my car (1955 Plymouth V8) was hard to start when hot.

I did some improvements I like to share.

1) The fuel pump, attached to the engine. I insulated it with a 4mm thick plate of nylon.

2) replaced the fuel pump with a new one.

3) checked the fuel line to be free and shielded from hot places

4) replaced the coil (4 weeks ago).

In my case, the carb didn't overheat, so no evaporation thing.

Only doing all things solved the problem.

These improvements give me the possibility to stop at the gas pump and stop the engine without needing to drink a cup of coffee for the next 30 minutes.

Thanks to everyone who helped. Next....find out if it also solved the problem after a 50 miles drive.

Any way, result was my son's girl friend didn't have to be pushed the last meters to the red carpet when driving her to the school prom, like my son last year, pushed in by the school director. Not many students can tell a story like that .