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#44638 07/18/2004 4:41 AM | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 17 | Hey guys it's been a while since I have been on here.I just moved from where we were living to a house with a garage for my 63 c-10 half ton truck.It has a 283 2 barrel in it.I took it to a old mechanic that was his specialty in his day.He put sleeves in the plug holes cause the plugs were fouling out it run 100% better so maybe that may help you guys out if it runs rough or missing a lot. see ya. | | |
#44639 07/18/2004 4:48 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 | It will run OK for about a week, then the plugs will overheat and burn out because those non-foulers won't conduct enough heat away from the plugs to allow them to cool themselves. Been there, done that, years ago before I knew any better. It's a temporary fix, and not a particularly wise one!
Jerry
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#44640 07/18/2004 5:26 AM | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 17 | Hey hotrod lincoln you say the plugs will burn up with those inserts in not good.Well I guess I will drive it until it needs fixing again.I paid a lot of money for the truck because it was in good shape and is all original does need frame rust cleaned up though. | | |
#44641 07/18/2004 6:46 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,749 | Are the plugs fouling with oil, or soot? Soot is an over-rich condition, usually caused by the carburetor flooding. Oil fouling is caused by bad rings, or leaky valve guide seals. The guide seals can be replaced pretty easily, without a major teardown of the engine. Ring problems require an overhaul. There is a "booster gap" plug available for oil burners, that will resist oil fouling better than a standard plug. Mail-order places like J.C. Whitney sell them, or used to, anyhow.
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!
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#44642 07/18/2004 3:55 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | The plugs hot-rod is reffering to are Aldor plugs & are still available at J.C. Whitney. George 
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | |
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