the rig...87 pickup, 22r carbed motor, w56 w/ top shift tranny from the junkyard, in the last five months put on new cap/rotor/plug/wires/carb rebuild, 161,000miles...dont' think motors ever been touched. compression's never been tested, but i have a very slight grade in my driveway and the only gears that will hold the rig are first and reverse.
driving home tonight, bad, bad, nasty a$$ bad rainstorm. fighting the heavy water on the road the entire way on the highway, pounding rain, can't see, wouldn't break 50mph on the highway and even at that, i couldn't really see.
exit in my town, now it's just a steady rain. make it a few blocks all of the sudden...vehicle is suddenly slowing down fast (feels like when you downshift, but no rpm change, no popping/banging/clunking sounds (nothing sound wise). pop it into neutral as i'm coasting and motor dies instantly. 2nd gear pop the clutch, same struggle to roll, giving it gas does nothing. do this a couple of times same thing. pull off, motor dies instantly. try to start it, and it cranks good, but won't fire. while waiting for treeroot to come tow me home, check under hood, everything is dry as a bone. try to start it a couple of times. shudders hard (much harder than normal) while cranking.
treeroot shows up, check under hood with official flashlight instead of by touch and the light of lightening. he confirms...dry as a bone, no water anywhere under hood, or in air filter housing. try to start it with him watching, no hard shutters as before, but won't start (fuel or spark issues are most apparent). he gets in truck to tow me home, so wasn't around when i tried again...hard shutter again.
any ideas? timing chain? i'll let it sit until tomorrow night in hopes that it is water related, then check oil and look for anything out of the ordinary and give it a shot with starting fluid, but what do you pickup gurus think?
driving home tonight, bad, bad, nasty a$$ bad rainstorm. fighting the heavy water on the road the entire way on the highway, pounding rain, can't see, wouldn't break 50mph on the highway and even at that, i couldn't really see.
exit in my town, now it's just a steady rain. make it a few blocks all of the sudden...vehicle is suddenly slowing down fast (feels like when you downshift, but no rpm change, no popping/banging/clunking sounds (nothing sound wise). pop it into neutral as i'm coasting and motor dies instantly. 2nd gear pop the clutch, same struggle to roll, giving it gas does nothing. do this a couple of times same thing. pull off, motor dies instantly. try to start it, and it cranks good, but won't fire. while waiting for treeroot to come tow me home, check under hood, everything is dry as a bone. try to start it a couple of times. shudders hard (much harder than normal) while cranking.
treeroot shows up, check under hood with official flashlight instead of by touch and the light of lightening. he confirms...dry as a bone, no water anywhere under hood, or in air filter housing. try to start it with him watching, no hard shutters as before, but won't start (fuel or spark issues are most apparent). he gets in truck to tow me home, so wasn't around when i tried again...hard shutter again.
any ideas? timing chain? i'll let it sit until tomorrow night in hopes that it is water related, then check oil and look for anything out of the ordinary and give it a shot with starting fluid, but what do you pickup gurus think?
. bolt in head under valve cover (under air cleaner), two bolts in oil pan (behind skid plate), pull fan clutch etc, pull lower pulleys, pull big bolt in water pump (it's my understanding that you can pull cover without competely pulling the water pump), all the bolts on the cover, just to access the geartrain.
