CopperLB81
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- Joined
- Jan 13, 2024
- Posts
- 8
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- Location
- Biscoe NC
- First Name
- Bud
- Truck Year
- 1981
- Truck Model
- C-10
- Engine Size
- 305
81 regular cab custom deluxe 305 V8 350c transmission. Has the Rochester m2me carb 2 barrel. By the way I'm not a carburetor guy so I've never been able to get the carburetor where it doesn't burn the crap out of fuel run rich and smell extremely strong.
The truck was running poorly one day on my way home from work it wanted to stall out at idle and while sitting at traffic lights in gear.
So I first dug in to the basics I put a fresh set of AC Delco plugs. I had a new set of accel super yellow spark plug wires. The truck already had a accel super coil cap combo. I removed that installed a fast brand cap rotor and put just a basic over the counter O'Reilly's coil on it. The truck still wouldn't even crank it will turn over but would not start. Then I thought it was fuel related the truck had always ran rich and never could get it dialed in. So I installed a new fuel pump precision brand from O'Reilly's. The truck would then start up but it was running terribly would not stay running and it sounds like it has a dead hole like a single cylinder misfire. I have double checked the firing order multiple times from the Haynes manual I have also checked the fuel I know there's no contaminants in it I put a brand new fuel filter on it when I installed the pump.
I know I should have already checked but I have not done a compression test on the engine I'm hoping it doesn't have to go that far simply because the truck was running perfectly all the sudden it started running like crap in the next morning it would not start at all only turn over.
So please could someone help me understand what's going on with my daily driver I would greatly appreciate any advice that someone's willing to get me thank you.
The truck was running poorly one day on my way home from work it wanted to stall out at idle and while sitting at traffic lights in gear.
So I first dug in to the basics I put a fresh set of AC Delco plugs. I had a new set of accel super yellow spark plug wires. The truck already had a accel super coil cap combo. I removed that installed a fast brand cap rotor and put just a basic over the counter O'Reilly's coil on it. The truck still wouldn't even crank it will turn over but would not start. Then I thought it was fuel related the truck had always ran rich and never could get it dialed in. So I installed a new fuel pump precision brand from O'Reilly's. The truck would then start up but it was running terribly would not stay running and it sounds like it has a dead hole like a single cylinder misfire. I have double checked the firing order multiple times from the Haynes manual I have also checked the fuel I know there's no contaminants in it I put a brand new fuel filter on it when I installed the pump.
I know I should have already checked but I have not done a compression test on the engine I'm hoping it doesn't have to go that far simply because the truck was running perfectly all the sudden it started running like crap in the next morning it would not start at all only turn over.
So please could someone help me understand what's going on with my daily driver I would greatly appreciate any advice that someone's willing to get me thank you.
