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Montana71 · 04-30-2002, 10:01 AM

Hadn't started the '71 since November, thought it was about time to drive it some before it gets totally taken apart. So I charged the battery and fired it up. All sounded good, I go into the garage and when I come back out a minute later there are 4' flames in my engine compartment! Luckily my camper is parked right with an extinguisher just inside the door so I quickly grabbed it and extinguished the flames, whew. It charred some of the choke wires, but no real damage luckily. I investigated for the cause and found that my rubber fuel line from my filter to the carb was badly cracked and leaked gas onto the manifold, where I presume the HEI ignited it. After some thought I am thinking that maybe I used vacumm line and not fuel line when I installed the motor just two summers ago, hmmm... So a valuable lesson learned, I won't be starting any vehicle that has sat for some time without a close inspection, and plus not without an extinguisher close at hand.

I found and bought a short bed, and intend to really tear into the LWB to SWB conversion this summer.

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71 C10 LWB Cheyenne
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04-30-2002, 10:01 AM	#1
Montana71 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Kalispell, Montana Posts: 136	Tired to burn my truck up, got lucky... Hadn't started the '71 since November, thought it was about time to drive it some before it gets totally taken apart. So I charged the battery and fired it up. All sounded good, I go into the garage and when I come back out a minute later there are 4' flames in my engine compartment! Luckily my camper is parked right with an extinguisher just inside the door so I quickly grabbed it and extinguished the flames, whew. It charred some of the choke wires, but no real damage luckily. I investigated for the cause and found that my rubber fuel line from my filter to the carb was badly cracked and leaked gas onto the manifold, where I presume the HEI ignited it. After some thought I am thinking that maybe I used vacumm line and not fuel line when I installed the motor just two summers ago, hmmm... So a valuable lesson learned, I won't be starting any vehicle that has sat for some time without a close inspection, and plus not without an extinguisher close at hand. I found and bought a short bed, and intend to really tear into the LWB to SWB conversion this summer. ------------------ 71 C10 LWB Cheyenne 68 C10 SWB parts truck "http://www.cenlog.com/71chevy.htm" __________________ 71 C10 LWB Cheyenne 68 C10 SWB parts truck "http://www.cenlog.com/71chevy.htm"