Is it o.k. to put an inline filter at the tank and also keep the glass bowl
type ? you know double protection,,just getting ready to re-install
refurbished tank which was in very bad shape ,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Warren" <bluu55@yahoo.com>
To: <237459N@knotes.kodak.com>; <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
Cc: <Boedigheimer@planacc.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] re: tune up
> Patrick,
> The other afternoon I was driving my '55 1st (Original carb.) and
it started to buck and would'nt go over 45 or 50 mph. When I would let up on
the gas it smoothed out, but when I tried to go faster it started bucking
again. I got it home and checked the points, plugs, and all the wires. I had
rebuilt the carb about 2 years ago so I know it is o.k. Then I took off the
fuel filter, and sprayed carb cleaner in it and gave it a shot of compressed
air and a bunch of crud came out of it. I made sure it was clean and put it
back on. Now my truck runs just fine. Try that on yours, or get a new fuel
filter. It might just do the trick! The filter on mine is the inline metal
type, not the glass bowl type.
> Rick (Griz) Warren
> '55 1st series 3100
> http://www.expage.com/oldbluu
>
>
>
> 237459N@knotes.kodak.com wrote: From: W P. Fricke
>
>
> From: Barbara Boedigheimer
> Subject: [oletrucks] tune up
>
> Barb asks: I am trying to fine tune my 49 GMC 228. It runs pretty good but
> while
> idling every once in awhile will backfire thru the carb...
>
> I too experience some carb farts every once in a while. But not while
idling.
> Only when accelerating hard. Its usually when the engine hasn't fully
warmed up
> to full running temperature and I hit the pedal. Usually backfires through
the
> carb are an indication of a 'too-lean' mixture. If you backfire through
the
> exhaust, your mixture may be too rich. Mine is a Rochester carb. I haven't
> pulled it to do a rebuild or check the size of the jet(s). I don't even
know if
> there are slow and main jets in the thing.
>
> The other condition I have experienced is that it runs much smoother from
a stop
> and when accelerating out of a gear shift if the choke is out a little. I
had
> the throttle hooked up but the pedal kept getting stuck and I'd have to
reach
> down and pull it back, so I dis-connected it. So I wonder if the carb back
fire
> and the general smoothness of acceleration are connected symptoms of a
overly
> lean mixture.
>
> To top things off, for the first time in a year I was driving home when
the
> engine started to stumble like it was running out of gas and quit. I sat
for
> probably no more than 30 seconds, started it back up successfully and
drove home
> without a problem (about 12 miles). This has happened twice. Plugged fuel
> filter? Faulty pump?
>
> Patrick
> 53' 5-window 3100
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