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1. [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: Brad Newman <bkn6@airmail.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:50:21 -0500; Yesterday afternoon I experienced what I assume was vapor lock. The wife and I drove approximately 25 miles on the freeway (60-65 mph), and as soon as we got off on the side streets and slowed down t; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01028.html (8,826 bytes)
2. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:44:34 -0600; No, it doesn't sound right at all. My 57 did just fine through the California desert areas. One way to check for vapor lock is to put a springy clothes pin on the fuel lines every 3 or so inches. Thi; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01034.html (10,012 bytes)
3. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: EEHodges@aol.com; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:24:14 EDT; I had a similar problem with my 216 and boiled-out gas tank. It wasn't however, temperature related. I'm assuming your gas tank is under the bed like my '48. The pick-up tube runs at an angle from ab; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01036.html (10,217 bytes)
4. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: john dorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:42:43 -0400; The first thing is to be sure it's vapor lock (or a fuel problem). If you don't have a see through filter get one! A plastic one will do for now, mount it right at the carburator. You don't have to; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01037.html (11,319 bytes)
5. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: Pastorjon994@cs.com; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:22:00 EDT; That was way too funny, what a mental picture that developed! Jon Callahan '50 3100 Champaign, IL oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01041.html (8,026 bytes)
6. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: Grant Galbraith <trks@javanet.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:38:40 -0400; Do you have the thick insulator installed under your carb? Even so I would suspect a restriction over the vapor lock theory. In particular I would be leery of inline filters that you can't see throu; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01045.html (10,548 bytes)
7. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: "Joseph Szwed" <szwedj@viagate.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:15:23 -0400; The vapor lock problem seems to come up quite a bit and usually the replies are pretty standard. On an old tractor list that I am on, it seems quite a few guys have recently had problems with this al; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01049.html (8,537 bytes)
8. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: jls <jls@seavcom.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:42:33 -0700 (PDT); Might be a bad fuel pump ??? Thanks, -JLS oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01053.html (9,817 bytes)
9. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: "Deve Krehbiel" <dkrehbiel@kscable.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 18:04:13 -0500; I am sure its just me, but I regard vapor lock along the same lines as Deer Whistles or Snipe Hunting. When there is no gas, its a plugged or restricted fuel line, when its no spark but only dies whe; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01054.html (9,680 bytes)
10. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: "Dennis O'Connor" <boyoconnor@netscape.net>; Date: 26 Jul 00 16:34:40 PDT; Once I have seen yet another cause of vapor lock - the gas cap! This 3-wheeler we used to have would stop running occasionally. The solution was usually to unscrew the gas cap (phsssst!) and you'd be; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01055.html (8,681 bytes)
11. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: Advdesign1@aol.com; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:59:04 EDT; Make sure the filters are on the pressure side of the fuel pump. If they are on the suction side it could reduce pressure enough to boil the fuel. I suspect restriction in fuel line, probably on suc; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01059.html (8,515 bytes)
12. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: Lewis Osborn <losborn@teleport.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:42:11 -0700; Mechanical fuel pumps pull the gasoline from the tank to the engine, effectively lowering the pressure of the fuel in the line. Just as a pressure cooker - or lower altitude - raises the boiling poin; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01062.html (11,838 bytes)
13. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:11:14 -0600; Are you on the YT list. i used to be. I had an AC-W40. Adding diesel is not a good idea. It can cause pinging like an oil burning car would. Adding diesel is like chopping your octane rating down. No; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01066.html (9,106 bytes)
14. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: "Woods E. Houghton" <woodecindy@caverns.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 23:43:14 -0600; This sound off the wall, If you are getting fuel in the crab. and it still wont run, replace the starter solenoid. I had a ford, I know, that stop run wait a few min, it would start again. This was a; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01101.html (10,299 bytes)
15. Re: [oletrucks] vapor lock remedies (score: 1): Author: "Durwood B. Darbin" <dhckdkcsk@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 06:53:11 GMT; I didn't think that AD trucks had starter solenoids. Isn't that why the starter button is on the floor? Durwood 51 1/2 ton 5 window ___________________________________________________________________; /html/oletrucks/2000-07/msg01165.html (8,801 bytes)

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