Choke issues and under load bogging
Tuned
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Good luck.
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I dont see it as being a quitter though. I just see it as making different choices.
MSEE
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From: Austin, TX
You can't call his opinion uninformed when you yourself said in a previous post that you feared the truck may be more than you can handle. It's very obvious that HIO's comment was meant to encourage you to re-evaluate your logic in an effort to maintain what is ultimately a rewarding hobby.
HIO is one of the most active contributors to this forum and your experience here will be a lot more fruitful if you're a little more open-minded.
MSEE
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You have to loosen the three screws that secure the retaining ring. Please refer to the second write-up I posted. Because it's a bit of an interference fit, it can still be a little snug even with the retaining ring loose. It is meant to rotate; there is nothing inside from preventing it from doing so.
It's a moot point because your hot-air stove is absent. There is no point in adjusting the choke until this is resolved.
It's a moot point because your hot-air stove is absent. There is no point in adjusting the choke until this is resolved.
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thanks for all the help. I think the weirdest thing for me is how the guy I bought it from had it running with all this stuff wrong with it. I mean I picked it up from his house which is 40 miles away from my house and it only started really running bad and stalling out after about 15 miles. So how was it running well for the first 15 miles that is the mystery to me. Also if there is anyone in or around Washington DC that knows these carbs and stuff I would be happy to pay for some tuning and diagnostic time to get this old gal running.
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Hey FMC400 I have ordered the stove repair kit and will touch back with you once I have it installed. My question on that is where does the other end of the hose go ? I know it comes out of the manifold right ? SO does that mean I have got an uncovered valve somewhere on my manifold that is spewing exhaust gases ?
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MSEE
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Please refer to my original writeup for an explanation of how it's plumbed. The hot-air stove does not pull exhaust. It pulls fresh air, and simply loops through an exhaust crossover to get heated up by outbound exhaust. The two flows do not mix.
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An option i didnt see posted was to go to either a manual choke or an electric choke. Ive been around alot of these old trucks and i dont even recall ever seeing a properly functioning choke. The bimetal springs are usually fatigued or broken, which renders the system not operational.
I know it can be frusterating to keep these trucks running but unfortunately its part of the game. I would get used to fiddling with the fuel system, i feel its the most problematic part of any older vehicle. At least the carb is about the simplest one ive encountered on a fullsize vehicle. Educate yourself and you will work through the issues. Good luck
I know it can be frusterating to keep these trucks running but unfortunately its part of the game. I would get used to fiddling with the fuel system, i feel its the most problematic part of any older vehicle. At least the carb is about the simplest one ive encountered on a fullsize vehicle. Educate yourself and you will work through the issues. Good luck
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Would something like this work ?
Is it a hard thing to do ?
Is it a hard thing to do ?
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thanks for all the help. I think the weirdest thing for me is how the guy I bought it from had it running with all this stuff wrong with it. I mean I picked it up from his house which is 40 miles away from my house and it only started really running bad and stalling out after about 15 miles. So how was it running well for the first 15 miles that is the mystery to me.
Converting to a manual choke, or fixing your existing choke, will not fix the problem that you initially wrote about.
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I did not do that yet because as I understand I have to take the carb off the truck to do that and then I will have to replace the gasket and I just ordered a new gasket set so I am waiting to do that until the gasket set arrives