[tcb] Re: ugh..........
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:20:34 -0700 (PDT)
Went to Bob's last night ,whwn I left truck startted fine,drove to Lowes in
Temple ,came out the truck wouldn't start,the electric fuel pump was running
but no started action, Some guys pushed me to start it.Drove to HEB ,found me a
nice little incline ,just in case, got in truck ,started right up.It's been
doing that every once in awhile here lately. Go figure.It does it when I forget
to park on a slope.
--- On Thu, 7/15/10, Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: ugh..........
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 6:31 AM
> Sometimes in my Thing I have to run
> my finger across the fuses and spin them after it's been
> sitting awhile for everything to work.
>
>
>
> Duncan wrote:
> > Went out last night to start Freedom and charge the
> battery and the low beams didn't work. Cindy jiggled (a few
> fuses, that is!) and they worked. Go figure.
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From: * 71Westy@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Sender: * tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Date: *Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:22:37 +0000 (UTC)
> > *To: *<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > *ReplyTo: * tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Subject: *[tcb] Re: ugh..........
> >
> > we must have been brothers in another life.... this is
> so surreal for me.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ronnie Hughes" <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 2:03:57 PM
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: ugh..........
> >
> > You can't make this stuff up.
> > Last week I drove my '70 bus, Utah, to the auto
> parts store ran great.
> > The next morning I jumped in and cranked away, but it
> would not fire. Cranked but no fire.
> > I had recently installed an electronic ignition
> so I thought something had happened to it. I couldn't
> get the module out so I pulled the distributor, installed a
> set of points, gapped them on the bench, installed the
> distributor, set the timing with a static light to get it
> going, cranked and still would not start.
> > Scratched head. I could smell gas, it
> cranked, but no start. Checked the wires to make sure
> I had everything back together.
> > Stock carb so I thought maybe the fuel solenoid
> shutoff valve wasn't shifting. Pulled valve checked on
> the bench, looks good. Checked for power at coil and
> it only read 7 1/2 volts. Touched hot wire to fuel
> solenoid and it wasn't shifting, hooked up battery charged
> and it started right up.
> > Go figure, 7 1/2 volts is enough to crank a 1641
> engine, but not enough to pull the plunger on a fuel shutoff
> valve. Charged battery and runs like a top.
> > Wasted 3 hours chasing a problem that wasn't the
> problem - priceless.
> > Ronnie
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > **From:** "71Westy@xxxxxxxxxxx"
> <71Westy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Sent:* Wed, July 14, 2010 11:58:33 AM
> > *Subject:* [tcb] ugh..........
> >
> > I finally got around to changing the oil in the bus
> and also adjusted the valves. #3 and #4 exhaust valves were
> tight. Got it all done and the bus wouldn't fire. Thought I
> might have messed things up when I did the valves. BTW, the
> dizzy was loose when I took the cap off to line up#1.
> Anyway, I preceded to replace the rotor, the cap, I had fuel
> getting the carb and all that. Check all the spark plugs
> wires....
> >
> > Right as I was giving up for the day - saw one
> of the wires off the side of the coil (it was so closed, it
> was touching it and times and trying to fire)Connected it
> and she fired up. Then I set the timing and bolted down the
> dizzy....
> >
> > I am happy now.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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