Dannionray
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2019
- Posts
- 6
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Illinois
- First Name
- Dan
- Truck Year
- 1977
- Truck Model
- Scottsdale
- Engine Size
- 400
So, I'll start off by saying that I'm a youngster, and tend to cut corners when it seems feesable, sometimes making issues worse, so all warnings and words of advice welcome! This truck fell into my lap about two weeks ago. It's been sitting around barely used in the last 25 years without being started once in the past 2-3 .The current owner bought it new back in 78, and luckily he is somebody I know well, and therefore trust. The thing started up pretty much immediately after installing a new fuel pump. (I still need to change the oil!) , but the problem seems to be with the transmission (or just linkage?) . The first day it started, I couldn't get it to go into gear at all. The next day, I jammed the selector knob on the steering column back and fourth for a while with the engine running to see if I could get any power through the transmission. This actually seemed to work for a bit because I got it to reverse a bit, then drive foward back to where it was. The next day, the transmission engaged immediately and i drove it around the parking lot for a bit and then put it in park for a few minutes while it was still running. (Moving the knob to the "park" position sometimes results in a concerning grinding, similar to a manual transmission with bad synchronizers; in that it seems like you have to wait for some sort of spinning or motion to stop in order to get the knob where you want it without making that awful sound). After letting it sit in park for a bit, It did NOT go back into drive or reverse. Sometimes it seems to want to engage in reverse momentarily. Now, the next two days, it worked fine and i promptly discovered the wonders of secondary jets.. BOY DOES IT FLY! (I'm used to driving a 2.3 liter ranger) I had a lot of fun opening up the throttle all the way in the vacant (ish) ,large parking lot, and definitely got some looks. The transmission gave me no problems whatsoever while doing this, and worked as it should..UNTIL I put it back in park, then it did its thing where it didn't want to go into gear at all. After fighting it for a bit, I got it back in the space where it needed to be. Now, yesterday it didn't want to move at all and i left it at that. The only other issue I'm aware if seems to be with the primary jets on the carb. The engine really wants to bog and stall unless I that throttle is all the way open. Choking out the primary with my hand seemed to help. 400 cubic inch, quadrajet. Not sure about the transmission
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