The problem with us guys with automatic transmissions is
that we forget to put our brains in gear before we let out
our mouths. I read right past Joe's "pull all the spark
plugs" and never even saw it there.
Joe's method will work if the plugs are removed. Some amount
of raw gas may remain in the cylinders, but it shouldn't be
enough to do mechanical damage once you put the plugs back in.
-----Original Message-----
From: joe [mailto:chevy1@jps.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 12:14 PM
To: Hanlon, Bill; oletrucks
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Draining Manifold
How's that going to happen with the sparkplugs removed?
Joe Garcia
Yuba City, CA
1950 Chevrolet 3100
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hanlon, Bill <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
To: 'joe' <chevy1@jps.net>; SnappyDog1@aol.com <SnappyDog1@aol.com>;
oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Draining Manifold
>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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>
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