| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,020 Posts1,055,345 Members48,420 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Hey, at least you gave it a good try. Sometimes we all need to know when to throw in the towel and get professional help that can lay hands on the truck. We are fortunate here on Stovebolt to have several professional mechanics who are willing to pass along their vast knowledge. Unfortunately they can't normally touch what we are asking them to fix. Hope you get it back soon and running like a top. Please let us know what your mechanic finds, even if it's so simple it was embarrassing. 
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | Good plan, Hoss! One good thing will be, finding out what the causes of the problems are so you/we will know where to look when we have similar symptoms.
My bet is that you have two malfunctions going on at the same time. This is the toughest scenario to diagnose.
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 | Final Update I hope:
The problem was simple and embarrassing but I don't care I just drove the truck down the road and I don't know who was happier me or the truck.
Took the mechanic all day Thursday to find the electrical problem. It turns out the ignition wire from switch to positive side of the coil was burnt or broken on the inside thus the intermittent spark no spark readings.
Then once they got that fixed the vacuum advance was not working correctly from one of the carbs and fuel was building up. I had a spare carb and installed this morning and it's all good.
I must say that the Fenton headers and the new dual carb set up make quite a difference in the way she runs and sounds.
Thanks so much for all the help and advice.
Paul | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | No reason to be embarrassed about it. Intermittent short can be the roughest diagnostic problem to solve, as seen by your mechanic taking a full day to find and fix. Now it's time to just drive the wheels off her.
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I see you are still looking to rebuild your carbs??
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 | the 51 is one running well so time to start on the rebuild of my 52,that's what I need carbs for. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | nice, you got two trucks..
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
|
|
| |
