I need help - we todd did

[kgb424]

if I left it standard

it would cost me twice if not more

to have the stock carb completely rebuild

I would have to replace all the smog crap to make the stock carb work right

none of and I do mean none of the smog crap worked

I don't know the previous owner did to the truck

but he XXXXXXXX up the stock carb and it no longer functions and the smog pump, EGR valve and the sensors

none of it worked, I seen the reports why it would not pass smog

and he showed me the Smog's Referee final report

and what I did improved the truck and it ran good the whole time

I got the Truck in 2012 after my dad passed away, I used some of inheritance money and got the truck

put a weber on it and have driving the shit out of it ever since I got until last Friday when it started having issues

this is the first 10 days to 2 weeks the been done since I got

[kgb424]

ok I understand now

why some one asked if the catalytic converter rattled

cause I read last night that it gets hot and melts the chemicals in the converter and then starts to have a rattling sound

mine is black and sooty and just caked with shit that's looks like it way too rich

and you hold the Cat up to the sun, you can barely see light coming thru it

I'm going out and cut the muffler mount off and take the muffler and pipe section off

and see how its plugged up it is

[crash]

Oil deposits are the only thing that will restrict it--over fuel will not. The converters can burn off fuel deposits but not oil unless you have mass amounts of oxygen pumped into it to cause it to super heat--which can/will cause it to melt down.

[kgb424]

Ok I cut the muffler off

and dropped a nut in the tail pipe the nut rattled around and came out black and sooty and covered in shit but not wet or oily, just dry soot , I then dropped the nut again from the other direction it did not come out and stopped rattling and it won't come out

so the baffles could be plugged or it does mean shit that the nut didn't come out the second time

but I did discover that with the tail wide open with no converter or muffler

the radiator was not gurgling from too much heat like it did, after yesterdays drive with the muffler in place

and the same with the fuel pump, yesterday it was making noise and was hot too the touch, today no noise and it was barely warm too the touch

so that tells the exhaust was plugged up and I still got problems with the carb

now the carb runs rough at 40 miles per hour but is not sputtering or back firing

but if you feather the throttle it will got to 45 miles per hour and run decent, you got to finesse it too do it

still not sure if it will make to the shop yet, I left my patch piece on there, it makes the exhaust a little longer moves the end it, passed the cab and is still wide open

I still think it needs a little back pressure from the muffler and exhaust for it too run right

I'm going to call Mark and tell him I cut the catalytic converter and muffler off and tell him about the heat issue and the carb running rough, and still not running right at high speed

and see what he says, maybe it something simple after he hears what I did to get it running, if not I can wait until Wednesday and see what happens on the way to his shop

cause the carb, and the exhaust where only part of problem

there is still some thing funky going on and I got no clue how to fix its issue's

[djjiz]

So... You're just gonna keep removing stuff until it doesn't run?

Not trying to stop you from that because it is entertaining but from one guy to another I gotta ask you to stop doing that and clean the carb first.

[crash]

Sorry but black soot in the exhaust of a carbed motor is pretty normal..

[Duuuuuuuude]

Quite possibly one of the most drawn out, confusing, and painful to read threads on RCC.

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Quite possibly one of the most drawn out, confusing, and painful to read threads on RCC.

It's like an unboxing video where all they find is broken parts.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

It's like an unboxing video where they can't find a knife to cut the tape so they tear, beat, burn, and drown the box. Then they take he torn, beaten, burnt, and soggy box and throw it down a flight of stairs. When they do finally get a peek inside all they see is broken parts.

Fixed it.

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[kgb424]

I got question

White Trash gave me a link for a exhaust kit

and the question is if look at the longest tube in the kit it has a hole for the O2 sensor

that I would have to weld shut correct ??

cause my O2 sensor is the exhaust manifold and it sensors the O2 before the exhaust goes into the tail pipe

so I don't know if a kit is the way to go

or have a pipe and muffler welded on at shop

cause to use the exhaust kit, I got run a longer wire for the O2 sensor and I don't know if adding more wire changes the resistance ??

cause right now the O2 sensor wire is just long enough to go from the exhaust manifold and plugs into a connector on the inner fender wall and connects to the Ignition Control Module

so I have a hole to weld up or plug off a hole either way

[BigSki]

There are plugs that simply thread into the nut where a O2 sensor would go on the replacement pipe. I seriously doubt that the O2 sensor on your truck is doing anything useful since the stock carb and all of the emissions components have been removed, as everything is designed as a system to work together.

[kgb424]

and if you got problems with my posting the stop reading it then

cause you keep your negative shit to your selves

cause some people have been helpful and thank you

the rest of can kiss my ass

cause your not help me but pissing me

and trying to make me out the asshole

again go screw yourselves and take your negative shit else where


cause I don't have a problem giving people my address so you can come on down

and we can handle business

cause I'm an asshole and come rattle my XXXXXXXX cage

[snapon boy]

I won't say it the right thing to do but I've put spark plugs into the unused exaust holes that are threaded.

[EeePee]

So what's your address?

You called yourself an asshole but before that you said you're made out to look like an asshole?

[Duuuuuuuude]

No need to be a tough guy. If you're going to come and ask for help, the polite thing to do is at least consider it. All you've done is chronicle your haphazard approach to auto repair while ignoring pretty much everything anyone here has told you. So yeah, you might get some shit for that.

It is plainly evident to 99% of us that you have some sort of fuel delivery problem. Coil packs and exhaust parts are not going to fix that because they are not part of the fuel system.

What I would do, if it were my vehicle, is replace every rubber hose between the pickup in the tank and the fuel pump. It'd only cost a few bucks and there would be no question that that part of the system was good to go.

There's your help. Let's see what you do with it.

[KJ10]

And blow out all the steel lines while you've got the rubber off.

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

No need to be a tough guy. If you're going to come and ask for help, the polite thing to do is at least consider it. All you've done is chronicle your haphazard approach to auto repair while ignoring pretty much everything anyone here has told you. So yeah, you might get some shit for that.

It is plainly evident to 99% of us that you have some sort of fuel delivery problem. Coil packs and exhaust parts are not going to fix that because they are not part of the fuel system.

What I would do, if it were my vehicle, is replace every rubber hose between the pickup in the tank and the fuel pump. It'd only cost a few bucks and there would be no question that that part of the system was good to go.

There's your help. Let's see what you do with it.

Yup. Every piece of rubber and the fuel filter that's clipped to the second bed mount back on the passenger side would get replaced.

Originally Posted by KJ10

And blow out all the steel lines while you've got the rubber off.

Another x2.



As for the exhaust system I'd never buy it personally simply because it's more cost efficient for me to buy a welder and mandrel bent pieces from summitracing.Com or speedwaymotors.com and build my own. But if you don't have the means or want to do that then yes, get a kit such as what I linked to and simply bolt the old O2 sensor in to plug the hole. The hole is not threaded, it is a 2 bolt flange.

[kgb424]

I asked Mark the very first day he came to my house

If should pull the skid plate and drop the gas tank and check the lines and maybe pull the pick up and check the sock he said to wait

and he said he was going to test fuel the system

I started the truck and let it idle he took a half gallon mason jar and put the hose from the pump to the carb and timed the volume of fuel

and he said the fuel delivery to the carb was good and the lines seem to be good

I still could drop the tank and check them

but Mark think its something in the carb

that why I asked about the throttle valve seal cause it stalled out when I sprayed around it when idling normal and it will idle up if give it just little throttle and spray it will idle up

and I asked Mark if I should pull the carb

he said no, he wanted to run the truck and see if he can find the problem

then he was going to pull the carb and tear it down and pull the tank and check what else

I just replaced the thermostat and bought some radiator flush

flushed the radiator and filled her with fresh coolant and water

and now she runs a hell of a lot cooler

so I might just fixed another problem

of too much heat

so I guess I'm back ass wards again

cause now the fuel pump is cool too the touch not hot or warm but cool and the top radiator hose is not as hot either

so its a step in the right direction

[kgb424]

can hot fuel mixing with cold air forced into carb

could that cause it too go lean and starve for fuel ??

and make it sputter and backfire

cause the fuel pump was getting hot and same with the top radiator hose

I changed the thermostat and coolant

and let the warm up from beaning dead cold it came up to the normal temperature

and if touch the fuel pump now its cool and you can touch the top radiator hose

It is still hot but nothing like it has bean the last few days I have been working on it

cause I keep bumping it when working on the carb

and today it seems a lot cooler

tomorrow I will take a run and see what happens now it runs cooler