iamtherealJayy
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- Joined
- Nov 26, 2021
- Posts
- 1,576
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- Location
- Tennessee
- First Name
- Jacob
- Truck Year
- 1987, 1978, 1976
- Truck Model
- V20, K10, K10
- Engine Size
- 350, 350, 350
I noticed while holding the choke down it was getting moist, gasoline I assume since my hands smell like fuel. I have the box that carb came out of, well a box to a new one, buddy just swapped them out. I can see if it has a choke cable bracket in it? I don’t remember seeing any extra parts. I don’t know if it was flooded or not, I was holding it to the floor when it started cranking slower. The temps aren’t sub zero for say, but it says 34° F on my weather app. Which fkr m location might as well be Antarctica lol. I assume at this point it’s more cold weather and carb than timing, I set the distributor in the engine as if it were a fresh build. And it fires but it won’t stay, so I assume fuel is too cold it’s not atomizing properly, along with dirty plugs, timing is only in the ballpark(I advanced it ever so slightly). I noticed earlier it would occasionally shoot a cloud out of the carb, not fire, but a back ?air? Could that have been an intake valve stuck open during compression stroke? Or am I getting ahead of myself? It was similar to a backfire out of the carb but it wasn’t fire, so it never saw spark. Dad insisted on touching the distributor while I was cranking earlier and it did backfire out of the carb, had to put out a fire, whether he had it advanced or retarded the world may never know since he doesn’t really know which way he’s turning it.