NOT a good answer! It would be possible to get enough liquid
gasoline in a cylinder to be more than would fit in the combustion
chamber when the piston reaches TDC on the combustion stroke.
Liquids aren't very compressible. Net result is that something
has to give. Possible candidates are a hole in the top of the
piston or a bent rod.
-----Original Message-----
From: joe [mailto:chevy1@jps.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:51 AM
To: SnappyDog1@aol.com; oletrucks
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Draining Manifold
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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