Why not just pull all the sparkplugs and crank the engine over? Remove the
coil wire first so as not to have a source of ignition "or just leave the
key off".
Joe Garcia
Yuba City, CA
1950 Chevrolet 3100
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-----Original Message-----
From: SnappyDog1@aol.com <SnappyDog1@aol.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Draining Manifold
>> Put a Rag In It and let it siphon out
>
>>A match!
>
>Thanks Hoot! Thanks Blaine! Those are exactly the kind of suggestions I
was
>looking for. I had thought about hose siphoning but figured it would leave
a
>lot of gas behind, particularly in those hard to reach areas. The rag
siphon
>should do exactly what I have in mind (I really didn't want to pull the
>manifold). As for the match... I'm sorely tempted...
>My grandfather used to always holler at me: "G** d*** it, you're going to
>flood it!" when I'd tromp the pedal too much in his '51 3/4 ton. That was
>back when our now 'classic' ADs were still just just plain old trucks.
>Though he's 20 years dead, I could hear him hollering still when I looked
and
>saw my surprised reflection looking back out of a manifold full of
gasoline.
>I now understand why it's called "flooding."
>
>
>Barrett Revis
>Sparks, NV
>
>'53 3105
>'48 3105
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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