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Dec 21, 2004 | 06:35 AM

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bigblue85250

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truck fire

the top of my motor caught on fire. I was wondering how hard it would be to fix and what it would yake take to fix it

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Dec 21, 2004 | 06:41 AM

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Well, you have to rewire the top of the old girl, and replace the hoses and wires, etc, and anything else that was damaged.

What caused your fire? Leaking fuel line? My '83 had a dripping carburetor when I got it. It had dripped so long that there was gasoline-like paste under the carb on the intake, and lots more inside the manifold itself. Glad you didn't lose the entire truck. It will be back and running before you know it.

Best of luck!

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Dec 21, 2004 | 08:17 AM

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the fire i think was caused by it back firing and setting some gas in the air cleaner and then burned the air filter. none of the wires bured i think but all the rubber and plastic parts around the carb bured up. what is the best way to remove the the burt on rubber and plastic

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Dec 21, 2004 | 03:05 PM

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if u live somewhere that is really cold all the plastic with become brital and brake off

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Dec 21, 2004 | 10:37 PM

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I would rebuild the carb to, as that fire can and will fry the gaskets (soaked in gas) in the carb.

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