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Sounds like you could be boiling out the fuel from the carb. Do you have a heat isolater pad between your intake and the carb? They are usually about 1/4" thick to help with this.
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This thread rules! Keep up the good work, man!
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If your floats are adjusted properly you should have a slight little bit of gas spill out when you pull the plug. (On level ground)
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Is your choke staying closed?
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Fuel Problem - Idea
On February 9th I installed that inline fuel filter right in front of the carb and we all saw that the rubber hose 90* elbow was getting a bit squished, I am wondering if that has something to do with it, I am considering reversing this "upgrade" ie deleting the glass inline fuel filter in front of the carb, especially since I installed a plastic one now before the fuel pump so going from this back to this... (it's just a thought, since I don't recall a problem back then) |
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Yeah you have the spacer so I'd definitely be looking towards fuel delivery next.
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Take the filter out and try it out. Can't hurt. But if you have fuel in float bowls and in the filter and doesn't start there must be something to it. If you are having to hold your foot to the floor to start it then is it flooding out? Do you smell gas when you try to start it? I have no idea really but if we have fuel, air and spark then it should run right? But here again I guarantee it will be something simple. Let's get this problem solved fellas.
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Foot to the floor start is typically a sign of flooding. I think you are on track tho to try running without the filter for a day and see if that resolves the issue
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Hmm...the filter theory is very interesting.
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Where is The Greg?
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I get it. I mean I got it back in January when I had a fight with a frame and a pair of leaf springs.
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This is a live update from the field... here is our field correspondent The Greg
Thank you Ron... yes here I am with Rusty at the scene of the crime. We have replaced the glass inline fuel filter right in front of the carb and made it here without the truck wanting to stall at the stop signs or quit running while parked we've been idling here as I type this for about 5 minutes (yes I am a slow one finger Blackberrian, non of that dual teenage thumb action for me) I am being told we are about to shut her off... Him I'm sorry... apparently Rusty is a he more as the news develops now back to you in the studios |
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I am being told we have a visual of that replacement fuel line...
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FUEL PROBLEM - GOOD NEWS!
It appears as though eliminating the glass fuel filter has fixed the problem, but it still may be too early to call it a permanent fix. The truck started, on the second try but it started. Drove it around some more and shut it off, waited about 10 minutes and it also started, again on the second try. The plan is to drive it in to work tomorrow (10 miles), shut it off wait 10 minutes and see if it will start. Maybe test it at lunch time, and then again when I come home from work. If we really want to be geeky we can put the old line with the inline fuel filter back on and in theory the problem should come back, don't know if it's worth the tax payers money, hee hee to do so, but we may do it for science. If this works, then I am guessing a clogged / dirty inline fuel filter? Maybe the particles are so small the filter does not have to look like the bottom of my aquarium back in college to be considered dirty, who knows!? |
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Some of those fuel filters have a one-way check valve. Now, I am not saying you put it on backwards, but, um, did you put it on backwards?
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Wouldn't that keep it from starting the first time? Not real sure how those work though..
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Best fuel filter I have seen is a K&N fuel filter. Aluminum housing that the housing unscrews to access a cleanable stainless steel screen. |
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Now that I look at it while it is empty there is a bit of residue on the glass looks like someone sprinkled some pepper in there, maybe it just did it's job and cleaned fuel for as long as it could. |
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Fuel Problem Update - Looking Good
Made it to work ok, truck ran great, drove in the 10 miles and shut it off, about 30 minutes later he fired right up on the first try. At lunch time we will make a few test runs and test starts to confirm, but so far Looking Good! as always a huge thanks to all of those who contributed your input and ideas, very much appreciate it |
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Good deal!.
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Cool.
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Perhaps a final Fuel Problem update before we put this issue to bed and move on to something else, leaking, squeaking, or ticking...
At lunch time the truck started fine on a second try (perhaps since I did not crank it long enuff on the first try) but it fired, ran, and I drove it a bit, all went well so that's that, about to head home soon |
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I've seen a number of threads on this site about folks that had bad engine fires that were blamed on glass fuel filters cracking or breaking. No personal experience with them, but for my build I'm sticking to the metal canister type inline fuel filters just on principal. I'm betting the problem was the kink in the rubber line on yours - glad to hear its behaving now!
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Speaking of valves ... If it was for a Quadrajet, I'd check this valve can go sideways and block the gas flow. I removed mine |
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let me catch you up on what me and Rusty have been up to the last couple days...
I've been dealing with Tires Squel When I Brake - Why? issue that I brought up in a different thread. What I thought was tire noise coming from the front brakes when I braked, was actually coming from the rear on the passenger side. So I bought two new Wheel Cylinders (and learned they are not called brake cylinders, go figure) $9 bucks each, and spent one evening replacing them, here are some pics |
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I was able to replace both slave WHEEL cylinders without tearing apart the entire brake bracketry springatalogy ecosystem, not my style as I like to do things right and take it all apart and clean it, but I just wanted to stop traumatizing pedestrians at crosswalks if you know what I mean
replacing the bad cylinder (both technically) stopped the truck from squeelin like a pig when I brake now as well as both of them now have a matching 5/16ths Zirk bleed nipples instead of one being 3/8ths (which bugged The Greg) |
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tonight, it's Friday night and it's time to tie up some loose ends, when we yanked the transmission we ordered a new boot / gator for the shifter, as well as new pedal pads when we pulled the clutch and brake pedal twins
so here is a looksie at the replacements, complements of LMC Truck |
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slipping on the new shifter gator was easy
second pic - old and new boots, (the old one is on the left, I love telling you guys the obvious) |
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