I hope your able to get the truck running for the Easter Bunny!
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: craig k <vwbus@ckoon.org>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:38 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] running again - sorta
>In an effort to get the truck running for Easter (we give the Easter Bunny
>a ride for the kids), I've been poking at it; it hasn't run since LAST
>Easter :P
>
>Prepped it before starting (it did get spun over every so often), added
>fresh gas, etc. Ran a lot of smoke out at first, but settled down.
>Tried to take it around the block a few times, but it would abruptly die...
>OFF. Sometimes fluttering the gas would bring it back if we were going fast
>enough, sometimes it wouldn't.
>Almost seems like the bowl would run dry in the carb, get refilled, run dry
>again. I;m gonna tear down this rotten Rochester AGAIN and see if there is
>something amiss.
> Also has backfires, misses. Need to check timing and look for manifold
>intake leaks.
>There is an exhaust leak around the manifold flapper - does this afect
>anything? Kinda ironic, as I had finally freed the flapper from its
>'closed' position yesterday!
>
>Brakes are kinda grabby, making stopping interesting; discovered my rear
>seals were leaking and getting goo on the drums.
>
>Don't know if the Bunny is gonna travel 100 miles in this truck this year,
>but it was nice to hear it go again.
>
>craig
>caretaker of
>stephanie's 50 3104 216 5-window deluxe
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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