Your description sounds as though it ran out of gas which could be caused
by a ruptured FP diaphram. See below.
At 10:13 PM 8/17/99 -0400, Grant Galbraith wrote:
>I would take a look at the fuel pump. If the diaphragm ruptures it can leak
>fuel into the crankcase.
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>Grant 50 3100
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>George Long wrote:
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>> My dad is having troubles with the 235 in his 49 3100, we went
>> to put it in our newly finished garage and it started up fine as it
>> always does, When i put it in gear it proceeded to die, I started
>> it up again with a little trouble and it backfired(quietly) and died
>> it did this a few times. Pretty soon it wasn't even firing so we
>> roled it down the hill on our property because the battery was
>> dying this also did not work. We tried jump starting it with 12
>> volts it kicked once but that was it, this motor had low
>> compression when we bought the truck so we knew it wasn't
>> long for this world. When we pulled the dipstick it had an extra
>> half quart that it didn't have before and it smells of gasoline.
>> Heres the question is it dead or do you think that something
>> else is up? Dropping in another engine is no prob I have a spare
>> and it gives an excuse for those hop up parts. I would just like
>> a little input, TIA.
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>> Nate Long
>> 54 3600
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Tom Allen
Seattle, WA
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