judykazooty
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This is a new issue.
Tuesday 6 AM, we were packed and ready to get on the road to the National Forest workcamper job 2 1/2 hours away. (We got it!) Short and long- it just wouldn't start. Turned over, cranked, but wouldnt catch and just couldn't get it to run. Checked everything I could think of. Fan was moving while cranking, sparkplug wires seemed tight, checked recent fuel pump issue below. Made sure it was in park. Brake light was on while cranking- brake fluid was low so added it. Switch to removed second gas tank is said to be an issue on these old ones sometimes so flipped it up and down a couple of times. Battery was good but not full. (12.7 on multimeter) Added distilled water and charged for a maybe 10 minutes with jumper cables to friend's van until it read full. (13.5 on multimeter). My mechanic has had medical issue this week so his son got on the phone with me had me spray starter fluid into throttle to determine if it was a fuel issue- spray nozzle was busted so couldn't test.
Had it towed to the mechanic where it sat until it could be looked at by the son yesterday. Started right up. He took it out and ran it hard, slowed it down, shut it down, started up, got it up to 90 MPH, ran smooth and quiet, no sounds or pops or noises.
Dont know if this is part of the issue...the prior week we had an issue with the engine dying. Started up fine, sitting in park idling, it just died. More than once. I checked the wire that had been an issue earlier when my mechanic coudn't hear the fuel pump and he had to butt splice the 2 disconnected ends. Further down that wire, I found the insulation had been eaten away by a mouse, so I removed a length of bad wire and replaced. Driving to the mechanic, it died again... same thing-seemed like no fuel, no sputtering, just no gas getting through, just rolled off to the side of the road. I thought maybe my connection was bad, and it was-I hadn't gotten the crimp well onto the metal part, so he changed the butt connecter and it started right up and wouldnt die. Left there. It died 1/2 mile down the road. Returned. He checked at the fuel pump and found one of the wire stud connection places was corroded and bent and that might explain the intermittent problem- cleaned it up, changed a wire connector. End of issue for days and days until this when it would not start for us until it started just fine for him.
He will try it again this morning cold and see if it will do it again. I asked him to change the fuel filter and then thought since the wires keep popping off the plugs, to maybe get a new set of good ones and change them out as well... any other thoughts? Thanks- Judy
Tuesday 6 AM, we were packed and ready to get on the road to the National Forest workcamper job 2 1/2 hours away. (We got it!) Short and long- it just wouldn't start. Turned over, cranked, but wouldnt catch and just couldn't get it to run. Checked everything I could think of. Fan was moving while cranking, sparkplug wires seemed tight, checked recent fuel pump issue below. Made sure it was in park. Brake light was on while cranking- brake fluid was low so added it. Switch to removed second gas tank is said to be an issue on these old ones sometimes so flipped it up and down a couple of times. Battery was good but not full. (12.7 on multimeter) Added distilled water and charged for a maybe 10 minutes with jumper cables to friend's van until it read full. (13.5 on multimeter). My mechanic has had medical issue this week so his son got on the phone with me had me spray starter fluid into throttle to determine if it was a fuel issue- spray nozzle was busted so couldn't test.
Had it towed to the mechanic where it sat until it could be looked at by the son yesterday. Started right up. He took it out and ran it hard, slowed it down, shut it down, started up, got it up to 90 MPH, ran smooth and quiet, no sounds or pops or noises.
Dont know if this is part of the issue...the prior week we had an issue with the engine dying. Started up fine, sitting in park idling, it just died. More than once. I checked the wire that had been an issue earlier when my mechanic coudn't hear the fuel pump and he had to butt splice the 2 disconnected ends. Further down that wire, I found the insulation had been eaten away by a mouse, so I removed a length of bad wire and replaced. Driving to the mechanic, it died again... same thing-seemed like no fuel, no sputtering, just no gas getting through, just rolled off to the side of the road. I thought maybe my connection was bad, and it was-I hadn't gotten the crimp well onto the metal part, so he changed the butt connecter and it started right up and wouldnt die. Left there. It died 1/2 mile down the road. Returned. He checked at the fuel pump and found one of the wire stud connection places was corroded and bent and that might explain the intermittent problem- cleaned it up, changed a wire connector. End of issue for days and days until this when it would not start for us until it started just fine for him.
He will try it again this morning cold and see if it will do it again. I asked him to change the fuel filter and then thought since the wires keep popping off the plugs, to maybe get a new set of good ones and change them out as well... any other thoughts? Thanks- Judy
