Before I get to the questions, let's start with a little info.
Based on what I was told by the guy from which I purchased the truck, it is a numbers matching original with me being the forth owner. He told me that the engine was pulled to put in new pistons along with an "RV" cam. It also has a Weiland single plane aluminum intake with a rebuilt and upgraded Holley 4160 4bbl carb, long tube headers (Hedman I believe), and an upgrade to a digital ignition very similar to the ignition system that was OE on the '85 5.0 Mustang I used to own.
I got to drive the truck for all of a week when I pulled into a station to get gas and the truck suddenly died while idling and wouldn't restart. After it did finally start about an hour later, it died again when I was about a third of the way home. After checking to make sure the carb was getting gas and that all electrical connections were good, it ultimately ended up catching a ride on the back of a wrecker.
Since then, I've replaced the fuel pump through Summit Racing after matching what was on the truck already, and I've also replaced the spark plugs, wires (Accel), magnetic pick up inside the distributor, and the coil (Accel Super Sport). I started pulling the carb apart a couple of weeks back and stopped at the metering blocks after realizing that what was put into the carb was already better that what was in the kit sourced from the local parts store.
I also have a FoMoCo ignition box to put in the place of the no-name box already in the truck, I haven't put the new box in yet because the wires are spliced in and I would rather utilize the stock style connections already on the new box. This combo of parts seemed to work great together so this gremlin is really throwing me for a loop.
I also must mention that the C6 3sp auto was also pulled for a refresh and shift kit when the engine was pulled. It does shift a little early for my taste, but I think it was done with fuel economy in mind.
So there it is in a nutshell. The truck has been down since March and I really don't have any intentions on selling it before I get a chance to really enjoy it the way that I like it.
Any and all questions and suggestions are greatly appreciated and I hope to get her back up again soon!
Based on what I was told by the guy from which I purchased the truck, it is a numbers matching original with me being the forth owner. He told me that the engine was pulled to put in new pistons along with an "RV" cam. It also has a Weiland single plane aluminum intake with a rebuilt and upgraded Holley 4160 4bbl carb, long tube headers (Hedman I believe), and an upgrade to a digital ignition very similar to the ignition system that was OE on the '85 5.0 Mustang I used to own.
I got to drive the truck for all of a week when I pulled into a station to get gas and the truck suddenly died while idling and wouldn't restart. After it did finally start about an hour later, it died again when I was about a third of the way home. After checking to make sure the carb was getting gas and that all electrical connections were good, it ultimately ended up catching a ride on the back of a wrecker.
Since then, I've replaced the fuel pump through Summit Racing after matching what was on the truck already, and I've also replaced the spark plugs, wires (Accel), magnetic pick up inside the distributor, and the coil (Accel Super Sport). I started pulling the carb apart a couple of weeks back and stopped at the metering blocks after realizing that what was put into the carb was already better that what was in the kit sourced from the local parts store.
I also have a FoMoCo ignition box to put in the place of the no-name box already in the truck, I haven't put the new box in yet because the wires are spliced in and I would rather utilize the stock style connections already on the new box. This combo of parts seemed to work great together so this gremlin is really throwing me for a loop.
I also must mention that the C6 3sp auto was also pulled for a refresh and shift kit when the engine was pulled. It does shift a little early for my taste, but I think it was done with fuel economy in mind.
So there it is in a nutshell. The truck has been down since March and I really don't have any intentions on selling it before I get a chance to really enjoy it the way that I like it.
Any and all questions and suggestions are greatly appreciated and I hope to get her back up again soon!