I am just having some issues with the car shutting off when making tight turns, reverse and when idling. Any suggestions on what the problem might be. It starts up just fine. I'm thinking it may be the steering pump and timing

 

Is the engine carbureted of injected? I'm guessing a carb, so checking the float level may be a good start.

 

its a carb, im not familiar with how to check float levels

 

First, let me apologize for the delayed reply to your original post. I would expect that more of our members who have taken away so much valuable information and advice from here would have been faster to give back a little support for a new member. Normally, the sharing of information is a lot faster.

Your carburetor supplies fuel to the engine based upon air flowing through it and vacuum developed by the engine. The difference in atmospheric pressure and the vacuum created by the air movement forces fuel into the intake and vaporizes it. If the standing fuel level in the carburetor is lower than it is supposed to be the pressure (vacuum) required to push fuel into the intake is higher, and this usually results in a lean condition. Your stalling at idle can be a sign that the engine goes lean from lack of fuel. The same thing can occur on turns since a low fuel bowl level can allow fuel to slosh to one side of the carburetor and cause a similar lean condition.

If you've never been through the Rochester E4ME you may want to do a little research first, especially if you rely on the car for daily transportation. Basically, the top of the carburetor (air horn and bolw cover) needs to be removed to check or set the float level. However, there are a lot of steps required to get the cover off and there shoudl be other things done to the carburetor once the top is off.

Before posting up a complete set of instructions, does your engine still use the stock Rochester carburetor?