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From: boobooboo on 27 Jan 2007 20:40
hi folks, i'm trying to help my brother in N.C. he can't work if he
doesn't get this truck running . i'm in N.Y. trying to help him by phone.
well here goes. the engine has 125k on it but always ran fine. starts up
o/k , idles o/k has no power on accel. to keep it from stalling or to help
it get going one must pump and feather the gas to help it along.
* did fuel pump
* new fuel filters
* carburator reman. 1.5 yrs ago
* checked for vacuum leak ( engine stalls quickly when carb. is covered
with rag )
* messed with timing to see if it made a difference. no change really
* sometimes a small backfire can occur when trying to pump and feather gas
?
* it sounds like it could be a carb. problem but i'm trying to give him
other things to check before purchasing another one ?

any help would be greatly appreciated


From: slngblde on 27 Jan 2007 21:54
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:40:52 -0500, "boobooboo" <chiptime(a)aol.com>
wrote:

> hi folks, i'm trying to help my brother in N.C. he can't work if he
>doesn't get this truck running . i'm in N.Y. trying to help him by phone.
>well here goes. the engine has 125k on it but always ran fine. starts up
>o/k , idles o/k has no power on accel. to keep it from stalling or to help
>it get going one must pump and feather the gas to help it along.
>* did fuel pump
>* new fuel filters
>* carburator reman. 1.5 yrs ago
>* checked for vacuum leak ( engine stalls quickly when carb. is covered
>with rag )
>* messed with timing to see if it made a difference. no change really
>* sometimes a small backfire can occur when trying to pump and feather gas
>?
>* it sounds like it could be a carb. problem but i'm trying to give him
>other things to check before purchasing another one ?
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated
>
Tell him to replace the pcv valve,my truck did pretty much the same
thing last week.New pcv valve and it ran as good as new.
From: Ernie Leimkuhler on 28 Jan 2007 01:24
In article
<0ebe8d3da60a3c53dbc0885636e39c8f(a)localhost.talkaboutautos.com>,
"boobooboo" <chiptime(a)aol.com> wrote:

> hi folks, i'm trying to help my brother in N.C. he can't work if he
> doesn't get this truck running . i'm in N.Y. trying to help him by phone.
> well here goes. the engine has 125k on it but always ran fine. starts up
> o/k , idles o/k has no power on accel. to keep it from stalling or to help
> it get going one must pump and feather the gas to help it along.
> * did fuel pump
> * new fuel filters
> * carburator reman. 1.5 yrs ago
> * checked for vacuum leak ( engine stalls quickly when carb. is covered
> with rag )
> * messed with timing to see if it made a difference. no change really
> * sometimes a small backfire can occur when trying to pump and feather gas
> ?
> * it sounds like it could be a carb. problem but i'm trying to give him
> other things to check before purchasing another one ?
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated

Could be the head gasket, but that is pretty low miles for a head gasket.

Signs of a blown headgasket.

Oil in the radiator (brown bits floating in the coolant)
Water in the oil pan (turns the oil to mayonaise)
Oil in the cylinders (burnt oily smoke in exhaust)
Water in the cylinders (big white clouds from tailpipe)

Headgaskets blow when the engine gets too hot usually because of a slow
coolant leak of some kind.
From: Bonehenge on 28 Jan 2007 07:09
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:40:52 -0500, "boobooboo" <chiptime(a)aol.com>
wrote:

> hi folks, i'm trying to help my brother in N.C. he can't work if he
>doesn't get this truck running . i'm in N.Y. trying to help him by phone.
>well here goes. the engine has 125k on it but always ran fine. starts up
>o/k , idles o/k has no power on accel. to keep it from stalling or to help
>it get going one must pump and feather the gas to help it along.
>* did fuel pump
>* new fuel filters
>* carburator reman. 1.5 yrs ago
>* checked for vacuum leak ( engine stalls quickly when carb. is covered
>with rag )
>* messed with timing to see if it made a difference. no change really
>* sometimes a small backfire can occur when trying to pump and feather gas
>?
>* it sounds like it could be a carb. problem but i'm trying to give him
>other things to check before purchasing another one ?
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated


How's the cat? I've seen cat converters melt down and plug up.
From: boobooboo on 28 Jan 2007 11:05
Hey thanks for the info guys, as of 10:00 this morn. he is down at the
local auto parts buying the pcv valve , another set of plugs , some
techron fuel additive etc.. he will be checking the pcv soon . if thats
checks o/k then it's on to the cat . as far as the possible head gasket
failure there is no water in the oil, no white smoke out the tail, that
all seems to be fine.

Any thing else ring a bell let me know . I will let you know on my end how
it's going. He's working on it outside in his driveway and says it's quite
cold in Boone N.C. ( MOUNTAINOUS REGION ) today. thanks again

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