Need some help from a mechanic

[outofyourmind]

@Bayou Tiger , If you ever make it out to Vegas, I owe you. Don't worry about trying to smuggle your shit, I will stock you up on greenery. @outofyourmind if you make it out, I will let you buy me a beer for one serious reply. dickbag.

Dude
I love you man.

Did you get that pool light replaced yet??

 

[outofyourmind]

LOL. Skip that. May look at this if still not working...

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What is that again???
And why would it stop working when it got warm??

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Dude
I love you man.

Did you get that pool light replaced yet??

 

[Bayou Tiger]

What is that again???
And why would it stop working when it got warm??

That is the distributor pickup. It's what sends the spark to the coil.

 

[outofyourmind]

That is the distributor pickup. It's what sends the spark to the coil.

Why would that quit working when it warmed up???
A signal from somewhere???

 

[Peter Gozintite]

That is the distributor pickup. It's what sends the spark to the coil.

I dont think that the pick up is the issue, but if it is, I am seriously considering going to an electronic distributor.

 

[Bayou Tiger]

Why would that quit working when it warmed up???
A signal from somewhere???

Heat is energy. It fucks up the magnetic field.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Why would that quit working when it warmed up???
A signal from somewhere???

hahaha.

 

[outofyourmind]

Heat is energy. It fucks up the magnetic field.

Yeah
But all of a sudden.
Working then not working.

Has to be a signal/switch after warm up or something.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Yeah
But all of a sudden.
Working then not working.

Has to be a signal/switch after warm up or something.

I think we got a good old fashioned hick wrench turner fight a brewin'!

 

[outofyourmind]

I think we got a good old fashioned hick wrench turner fight a brewin'!

Crazy things happen to electrical parts when they get old a brittle.
Could be any one of the parts he pointed out.

Could be a wire that moves when the engine heats up that is frayed and grounds out and turns the engine off like the key would. You know, after 39 years of use and rubbing on something, then poof, makes contact with a ground. Or that small component that in the distributor that has finally seen it's last days and boom, it works intermittently.

It's fucking frustrating.
To you that is.
To me, it's quite the enjoyable puzzle.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Crazy things happen to electrical parts when they get old a brittle.
Could be any one of the parts he pointed out.

Could be a wire that moves when the engine heats up that is frayed and grounds out and turns the engine off like the key would. You know, after 39 years of use and rubbing on something, then poof, makes contact with a ground. Or that small component that in the distributor that has finally seen it's last days and boom, it works intermittently.

It's fucking frustrating.
To you that is.
To me, it's quite the enjoyable puzzle.

I prefer if you went back to bickering with the swamp man

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Crazy things happen to electrical parts when they get old a brittle.
Could be any one of the parts he pointed out.

Could be a wire that moves when the engine heats up that is frayed and grounds out and turns the engine off like the key would. You know, after 39 years of use and rubbing on something, then poof, makes contact with a ground. Or that small component that in the distributor that has finally seen it's last days and boom, it works intermittently.

It's fucking frustrating.
To you that is.
To me, it's quite the enjoyable puzzle.

Truth be told, I dont mind the work, but I am limited when it comes to diagnosis. If I had someone tell me what the problem is, chances are I can fix it. I can only go so far before I am out of options.

 

[outofyourmind]

Truth be told, I dont mind the work, but I am limited when it comes to diagnosis. If I had someone tell me what the problem is, chances are I can fix it. I can only go so far before I am out of options.

Did you say this truck had a manual choke on it before you changed carbs???
Did it have a manual choke from the factory??? or had it been changed to a manual choke at some point.

Seem like that truck would have had an automatic choke from the factory.
My line of thinking is going back to when the truck goes from cold to hot and choke off with a possible signal to the distributor.

Hate to buy a new distributor and find out it doesn't solve the problem either because of one of those pesky cracked wires that is grounding out.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

Don't you have some posts to remove?

I'm down to reading posts in "other forums" so no.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Did you say this truck had a manual choke on it before you changed carbs???
Did it have a manual choke from the factory??? or had it been changed to a manual choke at some point.

Seem like that truck would have had an automatic choke from the factory.
My line of thinking is going back to when the truck goes from cold to hot and choke off with a possible signal to the distributor.

Hate to buy a new distributor and find out it doesn't solve the problem either because of one of those pesky cracked wires that is grounding out.

I have no idea what it had factory. Had a holley when i got, then another holley, then the last edelbrock, now this one.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

I will go through wires again tomorrow morning.

 

[outofyourmind]

I have no idea what it had factory. Had a holley when i got, then another holley, then the last edelbrock, now this one.

Dude
That's a lot of carbs.

It probably had a Motorcraft on it.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Dude
That's a lot of carbs.

It probably had a Motorcraft on it.

The first one was a leaky mess. Second one i got take for a ride by some dickhead, sold me the carb and smogged it. Never passed smog again. After dumping money into it every year for fake smogs and adjustments, i bought the edelbrock. That was on there for about 8 to 10 years, after i had the motor rebuilt. Motor only has about 25k after the rebuild. I have had the truck for almost as long as the wife.

The kicker, got from her dad.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Dude
That's a lot of carbs.

It probably had a Motorcraft on it.

Also edel brock intake, and all i know is there is an aggressive cam.