New member here (see introduction) and don't know if this is the right place for this question. Need some help!
I have a driveability issue with my 1970(71) 280SL.
It will start when cold and run for a while until warmed up and then shut off. Will not restart until I wait for a while for it to cool down.
Then it will start and run for a while and shut off again.
The time the car runs is getting shorter and the time I have to wait is getting longer.
When this problem first occured, I asked a lot of "experts" and tried to do some research but could not get a definite answer for a solution to the problem.
A minor thing I did was change the capacitor on the distributor.
At one time, I heard that in cars that aren't driven on a regular basis, where rust and crud deposits on the bottom of the tank, these deposits will clog up the fuel return and the fuel pump will overheat and shut off.
After the car now sat for 20 years, I have finally decided to tackle the problem.
I plan to take the fuel tank out and clean/replace it. Also will replace the fuel pump.
Before I get there, I took the cylinder head off to see, if everything inside the cylinders is still O.K. It is! (lucky me)
next is cleaning everything up and putting the head back on before I address the tank.
Anybody any thoughts?