Well I towed the 77 home yesterday...had to winch it up on the trailer as it would not run well enough to get up the ramps only on choke and still sounded like only 3 cyl. firing! bad carb/bad gas W/E. Got it home rolled it off (wouldn't start at all
)started to take out the crud from the inside, shot gun shells, bailing twine, oil cans, rags,rope rotton floor mats and head liner etc. so I could sit in it. I had a chance to fool around the rig a little more than I did while it was with the P/O. the list of things that work is much shorter than the list of things that do not work, 2/3 horn buttons work,turn signals and 4 way flashers work, and it turns over, dash light works.....thats it, Nothing else works...yes I checked the fuses. Wiring seems to be a big issue with non original signals, interior lights,tail lights etc. blue plastic clip on connectors, Smoke comming from the resistor on the coil, that can't be good, a fire waiting to happen.
Will start from the beginning when weather gets better, coil, plug wires,plugs, points cond,timing, carb, fuel and compression. that should be enough to at least mak it cough!
the crud on the frame diffs. etc. would not even budge with a pressure washer, gonna have to hand s****e it all off, in better weather!
)started to take out the crud from the inside, shot gun shells, bailing twine, oil cans, rags,rope rotton floor mats and head liner etc. so I could sit in it. I had a chance to fool around the rig a little more than I did while it was with the P/O. the list of things that work is much shorter than the list of things that do not work, 2/3 horn buttons work,turn signals and 4 way flashers work, and it turns over, dash light works.....thats it, Nothing else works...yes I checked the fuses. Wiring seems to be a big issue with non original signals, interior lights,tail lights etc. blue plastic clip on connectors, Smoke comming from the resistor on the coil, that can't be good, a fire waiting to happen. Will start from the beginning when weather gets better, coil, plug wires,plugs, points cond,timing, carb, fuel and compression. that should be enough to at least mak it cough!
the crud on the frame diffs. etc. would not even budge with a pressure washer, gonna have to hand s****e it all off, in better weather!
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. Also it goes to show potential buyers just because it looks good, it may have sat in a barn yard since 1998, like this one did and things just aint right when you try them....looks are not everything...you can put lipstick on a pig ..but its still a pig!
still cannot understand why or how I can come out of the garage, covered in grease after working on that truck for HOURS, and be grinning from ear to ear.
