Don't overlook weak rubber hoses...might collapse at certain times (possibly
due to the clogs that Wayne mentions).
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Osborne" <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
To: "tim" <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>; "Ole Truckers" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] engine dying randomly
> I had a problem similar to this and since it runs for a short time then
> dies, it must be fuel related..the length of run time depending on how
much
> fuel was in the carb bowl. Sudden acceleration of course-requires a good
> shot of fuel from the carb.
> My 56 work truck would run, mostly short runs, and then stumble and
> die-just as yours. I replace my filter, pump but still had the same
> results-dont forget their is a fuel filter sock on the end of the pick-up
> tube inside the gas tank. Now all this is on a truck that has never been
> restored and is pretty much used around a farm and only gets worked on
when
> it doesn't work.
> The problem was found to be in the fuel line from the tank to the pump, it
> was clogged from all the rust deposits from the tank itself. If your truck
> has new lines then ignore this entire email. I put an air hose to it and
> would barely flow through the old line--a quick replacement and things are
> fine with it now.
> --wayne
>
>
> At 03:01 PM 10/15/02 -0600, tim wrote:
> >Not 3 days after I get my '54 Chevy "Peanut" back on the road, she
decides
> >to stall out in traffic. This is a sporadic problem, and has only
> >occurred on 2 out of the past 10-12 drives in the past week.
> >
> >What happened the first time was this: I leave my house, drive a few
> >blocks to a stop sign, stop, hit the gas, and the engine dies. After a
> >lot of coaxing and fiddling with the choke, I get it started again, and
> >make it onto the highway. After about 3 minutes at 45-50 mph, it dies
> >again. After many tries, I get it started again (blocking traffic is
> >fun), and make it another 10 minutes or so, this time staying in 3rd
gear,
> >when it dies again. Once again, I get it started after a few tries, and
> >make it in to work (another 3 minutes or so).
> >
> >I replaced the fuel filter, thinking that might be the problem, and it
> >worked fine after that, driving all around town for a few days. Until
> >yesterday morning, when I had the same problem -- it died when I hit the
> >gas at the first stop sign heading out of my neighborhood. This time, I
> >couldn't get it re-started successfully -- it kept dying whenever I'd put
> >it in gear and give it gas. Later that afternoon, I got it started right
> >up and drove it the few blocks back home.
> >
> >I'm fairly stumped as to what might be the problem. I think it might be
a
> >vacuum issue with the fuel pump, but I've also noticed a new (unrelated?)
> >leak in the valve cover gasket. And there's always the possibility that
> >it's the carburetor.
> >
> >Anyone have an idea as to where I should look first? Fuel pump? Carb?
> >This is an original 235 with Rochester 1bbl carb and original-looking
fuel
> >pump.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Tim Lloyd, lloyd@lasp.colorado.edu
> >"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been
> >sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful,
> >rebellious, and immature." -- Tom Robbins
> >"The eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the
> >planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed
> >by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace."
> >-- John F. Kennedy
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> Wayne Osborne
> 1956 Chevy Pickup
> LaGrange Ga.
> http://www.chevytrucks.org
> http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne
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