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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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when i start my truck in the morning. it fire right up. it will idle just fine. i let warm up for couple of min. then take off. when i stop at a stop sign about a block it die. it start right back up it may die again next block. then after that it ok. i had choke replaced. any ideal ? thanks. 360 with 4 speed 2wheel drive new carb new plugs and wires
 
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 03:22 PM
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Sounds like the choke needs to be readjusted. It could be opening too soon letting the engine die, then once the engine is completely warmed up everything is fine,
 
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 03:43 PM
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I agree in that I'd be looking at choke adjustments if it were mine.

Carburetors & chokes are not really plug-and-play devices, they are mechanical and often require some tuning and adjusting for them to work correctly in any given environment.
 
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Yep, choke. "Replacing" the choke doesn't really mean anything. TVs don't work out of the box either. You have to set them up.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 09:25 AM
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TVs don't work out of the box either. You have to set them up.
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I like the analogy.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2012 | 09:31 AM
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Modern televisions, yes....

Jeff - Do you remember the kind that had an on/off/volume ****, and two tuner ***** - VHF & UHF?

Wait, I forgot... those things also had several hidden ***** or screwdriver adjustments... Horizontal Hold, Brightness, sometimes Contrast, etc. etc. etc.
 
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Those were the fun ones
 
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Originally Posted by ctubutis
Modern televisions, yes....

Jeff - Do you remember the kind that had an on/off/volume ****, and two tuner ***** - VHF & UHF?

Wait, I forgot... those things also had several hidden ***** or screwdriver adjustments... Horizontal Hold, Brightness, sometimes Contrast, etc. etc. etc.
Okay, do you remember the little white dot in the center of the picture tube that SLOWLY disapeared when you turned the TV off?
I remember when TV's only had VHF (2-13), only the high end sets also had UHF.
 
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Are you guys making fun of my TV? Only 2 of those 13 got reception....
 
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Originally Posted by mikeo0o0o0
Okay, do you remember the little white dot in the center of the picture tube that SLOWLY disapeared when you turned the TV off?
I remember when TV's only had VHF (2-13), only the high end sets also had UHF.
Yeah, I remember those, but don't remember if it was color or not.

Ever take a magnet, hold it up next to the screen with the TV turned on, and move it around and distort the picture?

My parents loved me for that one!
 
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LOL! Old folks hour. Only had one channel, so never any arguements over what to watch.
 
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Originally Posted by ctubutis
Yeah, I remember those, but don't remember if it was color or not.

Ever take a magnet, hold it up next to the screen with the TV turned on, and move it around and distort the picture?

My parents loved me for that one!
It was a black and white TV so the dot was white, we didn't get a color TV untill I was in my midteens.
As for the magnet, many times.
 
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If you get your choke adjusted and still have a problem sometimes its probably icing up inside the of your carb. That happens when the hoses from the exhaust manifolds to the air cleaner have been removed and not put back and the carb doesn't get warm air on cold humid mornings. Once the engine warms the carb it will usually run fine..
 
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i think that it. it didn't have exhaust manifolds hose. so i put one on it. seem like that fix it. thank you.
 
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LOL! Old folks hour. Only had one channel, so never any arguements over what to watch.
...Channels used to play the national anthem before they shutdown for the night???

Wow, only one channel? Ya musta been out in the sticks!!!

When I was a kid growing up in San Francisco, we got 2, 4, 5, 7, and 9.... UHF channels were 20, 26, 36, and 44.
 
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