Need a mechanic!
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Mountain Pass
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From: Memphis, TN
Need a mechanic!
Is there anyone in the Memphis or Bartlett, TN area that knows how to work on 73-79 F-100s?
I have serious problems that I do not seem to conquer. If you read this forum and are the person I am looking for, or know someone - please send me a message.
Thanks,
CB3
I have serious problems that I do not seem to conquer. If you read this forum and are the person I am looking for, or know someone - please send me a message.
Thanks,
CB3
Grumpy goat
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I feel confident someone here can help you. But we're not a confidential message board. You should post a paragraph or two about your problems. You'll get responses from people that are familiar with your issues, and others can learn from it too.
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Best to post this up in the FTE Tennessee state chapter: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum95/
Are you looking for a mechanic that is hopefully close by and can lend an actual hand or just walk and talk you thru it? While standing next to you.....
Like Mike said, post up the issue here and ask away for help. 100% of the time is if FREE advice, 87.41 to 98.4 % of the time is it correct. Lol
Are you looking for a mechanic that is hopefully close by and can lend an actual hand or just walk and talk you thru it? While standing next to you.....
Like Mike said, post up the issue here and ask away for help. 100% of the time is if FREE advice, 87.41 to 98.4 % of the time is it correct. Lol
Lead Driver
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These are very simple basic rigs. state your problems and what you've tried, even if it's something you can't fix or don't have the desire to fix you'll have a better idea what getting a mechanic to fix it should involve.
Grumpy goat
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Best to post this up in the FTE Tennessee state chapter: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum95/
Are you looking for a mechanic that is hopefully close by and can lend an actual hand or just walk and talk you thru it? While standing next to you.....
Like Mike said, post up the issue here and ask away for help. 100% of the time is if FREE advice, 87.41 to 98.4 % of the time is it correct. Lol
Are you looking for a mechanic that is hopefully close by and can lend an actual hand or just walk and talk you thru it? While standing next to you.....
Like Mike said, post up the issue here and ask away for help. 100% of the time is if FREE advice, 87.41 to 98.4 % of the time is it correct. Lol
Moderator & parts slinger
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From: S/W Missouri, Polk county
Well Mike truck help or not (just kidding, you help us all) especially with your whit, snappy comebacks and at least you strive to keep the jocularity level up to par. And I rate you at 99.9 % even though I only get an 82%.
CB3 post up the truck issues and give us a chance before you farm it out.
CB3 post up the truck issues and give us a chance before you farm it out.
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Mountain Pass
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From: Memphis, TN
I have previously posted as "carb problems". And I have tried and appreciate all the advice - but nothing is working. So I thought I would post to see who in my area might catch something that I am missing.
CB3
CB3
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Grumpy goat
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Air / Fuel Ratio gauge, and a vacuum gauge. That combination will tell you everything about how the carburetor is tuned. I see people here, and elsewhere, struggling to diagnose fuel delivery problems, while the answer is right in front of their eyes (or right in the Summit catalog). It's all guesswork without those gauges. They've become common and readily available. I made a friend laugh this morning, when I said that not using those, is akin to sitting on a stack of geometry text books, while trying to figure out the area of an isosceles triangle.
They're not hard to install. Don't trust some monkey to do it.
They're not hard to install. Don't trust some monkey to do it.
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Fleet Mechanic
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Here's a link to the problem: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-problems.html
My vote goes to a bad chinese carb. Rebuild the original carb & try that.
Please don't use brake clean to search out vacuum leaks. Under the right conditions burning brake clean can create poisonous phosgene gas.
My vote goes to a bad chinese carb. Rebuild the original carb & try that.
Please don't use brake clean to search out vacuum leaks. Under the right conditions burning brake clean can create poisonous phosgene gas.
Fleet Mechanic
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Air / Fuel Ratio gauge, and a vacuum gauge. That combination will tell you everything about how the carburetor is tuned. I see people here, and elsewhere, struggling to diagnose fuel delivery problems, while the answer is right in front of their eyes (or right in the Summit catalog). It's all guesswork without those gauges. They've become common and readily available. I made a friend laugh this morning, when I said that not using those, is akin to sitting on a stack of geometry text books, while trying to figure out the area of an isosceles triangle.
They're not hard to install. Don't trust some monkey to do it.
They're not hard to install. Don't trust some monkey to do it.
If you have to pay for the services of a professional, at the very least, you should show up informed and with as much information as you can gather on your own to assist with troubleshooting. Maybe you’ll figure out the problem yourself if your get a few simple measurement devices as mentioned above.
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I read the original thread and I have to concur with Scott above. Rebuild the original carb with quality parts. Tiny 4 year old fingers forced into slave labor by communists doesn't tend to result in quality "rebuilds". I have run into that very problem a number of times. Pay the extra money for quality parts. The frustration you avoid (i.e. save) is more than worth it.
Grumpy goat
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And what were the proper readings? If you're getting the "proper readings", then it's surely not a carburetor problem. But you're right, you obviously need a mechanic. I hope you find a good local guy.
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I think you need a thicker skin. People are trying to help you but you're being very ambiguous. Data has been requested, i.e. What constitutes "proper readings"? How were these measurements taken? Under what conditions were they taken? What you think is proper may not be so. Quite often, there is little to no correlation between physics and subjective analysis. Stay in the game, don't take your toys and leave the sandbox, and you might not only solve your problem but also learn something.