Because Katie needed my Honda due to her Jeep being down ( one more thing to do on my list) I drove John Doe to work a week ago
3/4 of the way to work, ( ~ 20 miles)stopping at a red light his RPMs dropped then he stalled. I tried to get him started, and took a very long time of turning the engine over to get him started again.
Got to work, but would not start again. At the end of the work day he started up. Drove home maintaining high revs at every stop I had to do. At home, took my foot off the gas and he ran fine.
Next day he would not start. Sprayed some starter fluid down the carb, he started right up. Ok, thought I would further check/replace fuel pump if needed.
Next morning, he started.
Later did not start, sprayed starter fluid down carb, would not start. Sprayed again, would not start.
At this time I thought it could be the coil, so pulled out an extra one..
Transferred all necessary wires from the car mounted coil, to my
spare. Started right up.
Put all wires back to the
car mounted coil would not start.
Not trusting reality

I again transferred the wires from the car mounted coil to my
spare, car started right upPut the wires back to the
car mounted coil would not start. A-Ha,
I switched out of the car mounted coil with my
spare, car started.. YES!
Started up always for days.
Then one day drove it for about 30 miles, rev.s dropped at a light.... stalled.. OH NO! took a long time to start the engine, thought I was stranded.
I got it home and it ran fine. astound
Afterwards, checked the spark from the coil, which seemed fine., fuel pump output seemed fine, as it was running, I moved coil wires around, and it ran fine. I checked the spark from #3 wire, and the wire pulled right out of the spark plug wire cap. I got the cap off of the spark plug with pliers, cut the wire and screwed the cap back onto the wire. Car seemed to run better.
So what could this delayed stall be from?
I do not see any icing on the carb/manifold
I am thinking it could be a ..
1) bad distributor condensor
2) junk in the carb
Any other thoughts for me to check?
Thanks
Matt