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| | | | Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 21 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 21 | The only time my '54 235 gives me problems is coming up the mountain I live on.
To be fair, big trucks/log haulers could be passed by a man riding backwards on a unicycle.
My question is, could it be float level? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 | Try checking the resistance of the spark plug wires. They should have a maximum of 1,000 ohms per inch. It sounds like you have spark plugs and/or wires breaking down and missing under load.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 21 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 21 | Jerry,
I have gone through multiple sets of plug wires. It seems more like a carb issue to me.
Also seems to be more pronounced when it's warmer out. Valves?
It does seem to be relative to load.
Last edited by Tom '54; 05/22/2024 6:28 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 34 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 34 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 | Come on over to Townsend next weekend, and your truck can be the guest of honor at a troubleshooting clinic! Compression test, primary ignition circuit resistance test, distributor advance check, and maybe even a cylinder leakdown test. Like Sun Electric Company's slogan used to be- - - - -"We test, not guess!"
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 5 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 5 | Put a fuel pressure gage on your fuel pump and see what it's reading. | | |
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