best and worst drive of my life

[Camper Power]

if u want u can skip 2 the story go to paragraph 3


who thought picking up a BBQ from home depot could be so stressful, and entertaining at the same time. starting in the parking lot, first i had to fight the compression to with a wrench on the alternator and the other hand on the belt turning the engine, u let ur brother try 2 fire up the engine and he distroys the ring gear doing it (this happened a while back). when i get the engine in position the engine didnt start unless i floored it, next i was waiting to turn left, started rolling then the engine died, had to get out and turn the engine again in the middle of a major intersection, got it cranking, floored it, got it started. now i had to figure out how drive with 2 feet while switching from drive to neutral to avoid hitting the big rig in front of me that was turning left. while doing it i got confused and the engine died. got out to turn the engine on a major truck route, got it going and started to figure it out. got a good distance but every time i had to get going from a stand still i spun the tires and the truck was stopping hard wen i hit the brake cause my left foot is used to a clutch and an old ford. trust me, i got the "that poor truck, the guy cant drive" look from other drivers. then wen i pull up to a stop light ther wer cops doing radar at the corner, and wer looking at me while i tried to get the rpm to wer it wouldnt squel the tires. but i made it home.

so it has drastically droped the idle befor but a quick tune up made it run normally again, so ther is somthing wrong somwere, the carb is fine cause the adjustments were still the same (took pics), my dad thinks its a vacume leak, but all the methods didnt help. any suggestions on what else would cause this, fuel filter is good, thats the only other thing i can think of. also any other vacume leak finding techniqes out ther, i tried water around the manifold, and retorquing the carb, il torque the manifold tom, if that fails its resorting to replacing the gaskets.

[ratrod67]

[Sequoyah]

Originally Posted by ratrod67

lol...what ratrod said :p all I can say is...don't play the lottery for awhile.

[Gray Ghost]

Originally Posted by ratrod67

My thoughts exactly.....HUH???

[IvelDesigns]

i think i missed a few thoughts in there.

sounds like you're having engine problems, but you made it home. your brother smoked your fly wheel, so you have to manually turn the crank to get to a good spot on the fly wheel to start it.

Where did home depot come into this story?

sounds like an interesting ride home

[70rs/ss]

Change the flywheel before you kill yourself!! BTW carb cleaner or brake cleaner, not water. If it was running before not now and nothing (adjustment wise) changed, then filters, and vacume leak, or plugs, etc, investigate before you buy!!

[Dingfodgy]

.........this one time at band camp...............

[CrashPro993]

I would have to agree with the guys above, get that flywheel changed right away. Don't want to loose you to some moron not paying attention while your standing in an intersection.

I would readjust you carb anyway just to be sure. I'm with the guys above about the water test. You should definately use some carb cleaner around each of the intake ports and where they bolt on at. If theres a leak you will be able to hear the engine idle up.

Hope everything works out for you! Enjoy that Bar-B-Que!

[71tahoe]

OK my guess is that it jumped time.

[69halfton]

71 tahoe makes a good point. check the timing.

the truck MUST be running good though, for you to be able to MANUALLY start the engine ...

unbeliable.

[69long"n"low]

try a UNLIT propane torch the engine will start to pick up when the propane gets in.