Ready? squished fuel line
it had a bit of a "vacuum" problem too as the carburetor gasket was sort of not there, but it died on the test run AGAIN. Finally somebody really followed the fuel line all the way back and there it was - and the turd recalls bottoming out shortly before it started stalling.
ah youth. so he has a spare fuel pump and some further experience, plus I guess the alternator was not functioning correctly so that would have happened eventually anyway.
we all felt it was fuel related and damn it, it was!
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