The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks 65' Let me down this morning!!

Hello everyone, I don't post often, but search for knowledge daily. Thanks for all your wisdom.

I was warming up my truck this morning (usually about 10 minutes), started to back out of the driveway and my C10 died on me . Cranks but won't fire up. I just replaced my fuel pump and the line from the pump to the carb. I have a fuel filter in between the line and the carb as well. She drove fine all weekend, and yesterday. Was in a hurry this morning and will have a chance to troubleshoot later this afternoon. Any thoughts on my dilemma? As always, your help is greatly appreciated.

My first thought was why in the world are you "warming it up" in this heat, then I notice where you are.

Any peculiar thing happen before it died? cough or sputter etc.

It sputtered and coughed a bit and then died, almost like I was outta gas or something.

At the risk of sounding like a smart a#$......... Mebbe yer outta gas.....

I wish it were that simple, but I filled it up on Sunday and have only driven a short distance since then. Maybe bad gas?

Maybe sucking air between tank line and pump, are you getting fuel to carb?

Old Dollar,
Yes, it is getting plenty of fuel now (I picked up a rebuild kit last night at Napa and to say the least, it was pretty disgusting beneath the floats)

I am gonna have to clean out my gas tank or pick up a new one, cause the stuff that was in the fuel pump and the carb looked like crushed up seashells. Truck starts right up now that I rebuilt it, but now have a whole new issue. It is leaking gas big time now right from the carb somewhere (it was getting dark out by the time I was done), so I pulled it off again so I can pick up a carb manual to see exactly how each piece goes back in cause I must have put something in backwards or upside down. It drips gas right where the springs and levers are.

Thanks for the info.

**update** I tore it down, broke out the manual, built it up again, truck fired right up after 2 cranks, and flooded itself out. The carb was spilling out fuel again from the pump rod opening where the link goes to the throttle assembly.

Is my float A.F.U.?

Float adjusted (parallel to gasket) vice being set at the rebuild kits instructions and it is now running like a top. Such a simple piece of equipment yet it managed to get the best of me. There's nothing like learning as you go cause this is one lesson I won't soon forget. I appreciate the calls and the help on this one. This place rocks.