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Mar 15, 2005 | 08:20 AM

centex73

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Problems when restarting

Hello again, I have a 72 F100, 2wd, 360 with a 2100 carb that I recently rebuilt. The rebuild helped the carb a lot however another problem has surfaced. When I go to start the truck for the first time on any particular day it fires right up. When I get to where I am going shut the truck off and try to restart it takes a lot longer to start. Any ideas on what I have screwed up and how to fix this? Thank you!

Mar 15, 2005 | 08:40 AM

centex73

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I should add that it did not do this before the rebuild.

Mar 15, 2005 | 10:26 AM

Unimog005

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I am having the same issue.....I put on a new 1406 edelbrock.....starts up right away in the morning, but when shut off and restarted, takes a good 5 or 6 seconds of continuous starting to get it going again.

Mar 15, 2005 | 11:07 AM

qman

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Check your points. I rebuilt my carb and put in a new dizzy and the truck started up right away. A few weeks later I had the same problem as you boys. Turns out my points had closed on me. That's all I got.

Mar 15, 2005 | 05:43 PM

Red69

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You may have a leak in the accelerator pump circuit or the float set to high. when you shut it off hot the gas drips in the intake and floods the engine. When it's cold this has had time to evaporate.

Mar 15, 2005 | 05:56 PM

Unimog005

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Yo Red...my best friend and her husband live in Rock Hill.....We both grew up in Sumter!

I'll check the float level...as I just "bolted it on" and went!

Mar 15, 2005 | 06:41 PM

centex73

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I was doing a search on the problem and found one on vapor lock. Before starting the truck the second time today I pulled the gas cap off and it definately released some pressure. So I put the cap back on and the truck started right up. I drove the truck about five miles to the store and before starting it again I took the gas cap off and again I heard quite a bit of pressure releasing, and once again the truck started right up. So hopefully this trend will continue and FTE has solved the problem!! I can't say enough about this site. I will post again if the problem continues.