Hey All,
A follow up (with q's) from my
wedding-picture-post in the General section.
In a nutshell, I got my 59 3200 on the road in time to drive to our wedding, and even be in the ceremony (and serve as a kegerator). It has a rebuilt 235, and I swapped on a new H/W 5200 from Langdon's.
There is no fuel filter. I know....but there wasn't one originally, and when I put the engine back in I was crunched for time and made a mental note to add one later. I guess "later" came and went.
It runs very smoothly, but not too long into the 40-ish mile drive to the farm/wedding-site, it started stumbling and cutting out. At first under a load, like going up a hill on the interstate, and by the end of the trip I could barely go 1/4 mile. I checked the points, and they seemed fine.
I've driven it
maybe 50-60 miles since installing the engine and carb.
If I pulled over and idled for a minute, it would be fine for a little bit, until it was under a load again. The engine would make a sort of hollow, suction sound, akin to the sound the little sucker-tube the dentist sticks in your mouth.
Anyhow, the truck is still at the farm, and I need to go get it, and I'd rather drive it home than have to trailer it.
I plan on pulling the screen at the inlet to the carb and cleaning it, and adding a glass-bowl filter in-line. I'm curious, though, if it could be something other than clogged lines/carb.
Has anybody had a problem like this after adding a H/W?
Could the stock pump and lines not allow enough fuel flow to keep the bowl full under a load? (I did put a new fuel pump on.)
I don't know what the jetting is on the new 5200, that might depend on the original application, perhaps. But I've been reading up about re-jetting, and have seen some references to similar problems from the wrong jet sizes for an engine.
Any ideas, folks?
Thanks.
-tyler
