Well, I drove my C-10 over to my buddy Jack’s (the guy that built the engine in the Valiant) and we tried to figure out a weird problem… The truck seems to stall, especially at freeway speeds. It kinda feels like it’s running out of gas.

- It has gas.
- It has good spark, I replaced the coil, the points, the condenser, the cap and rotor.. the cables seem good and so do the spark plugs.
- It’s getting fuel, I replaced the fuel pump and installed a clear filter – no junk in the gas.
- It has a new air filter
- We tested the compression, not awesome… but acceptable: average of about 135 each.
- We ran a leakdown test on Cylinder 1 (the one with the worst compression: 110)– seemed OK
- It has a new alternator (that I got from a friend)
- I even squirted a bunch of gasoline into my eye for good measure while changing the fuel pump.

History on the truck: 1969 C-10, 250 inline 6, 3 speed Borg Warner overdrive (the overdrive is not hooked up and it’s not attached to the carb). The truck is pretty beat down..

I have had the entire truck re-wired, and it has had the clutch and breaks fixed up. The engine is all stock except for the extra junk for the overdrive, but none of the overdrive solenoids are wired.

I think that my next step is to replace the carb. It’s a Rochester Monojet. I found one for $125.00 (wholesale price at Worldwide Auto Parts).

Plugs and wires?? I have no clue.

Joe Poutous

Stupid like a fox.