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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
Got an odd problem and it's got me stumped.
86 Chev 1 ton pickup. 454 auto. The choke light came on and stayed on. Same for the fast idle circuit. Choke stays about 3/4 closed. Needless to say gas milage shot to hell and it was terrible before this. I'm thinking an electrical short due to the fact that if I disconnect the choke wire the choke light still stays on. And my wife cleaned my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned thing. I wanted my multi-meter or test lights. No friggen luck finding those. I had this truck for 10 years but it's never really had a problem before except the normal stuff like master cyl and power steering pump. Only thing I've found for sure was a rotted vacuum line, couple of muddauber nests and a big mouse nest. Anybody got a clue as to where to check ? Randy |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
> wrote in message ... > Got an odd problem and it's got me stumped. > > 86 Chev 1 ton pickup. 454 auto. > > The choke light came on and stayed on. > Same for the fast idle circuit. > Choke stays about 3/4 closed. > > Needless to say gas milage shot to hell and it was terrible before > this. > > I'm thinking an electrical short due to the fact that if I disconnect > the choke wire the choke light still stays on. > > And my wife cleaned my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned > thing. > I wanted my multi-meter or test lights. No friggen luck finding > those. > > I had this truck for 10 years but it's never really had a problem > before except > the normal stuff like master cyl and power steering pump. > > Only thing I've found for sure was a rotted vacuum line, couple of > muddauber > nests and a big mouse nest. > > Anybody got a clue as to where to check ? > > Randy same sorry system that my 83 had, i'm sure.... computer controlled carbureter. the choke light only comes on if the circuit is broken... so you can either use a meter or test light(once the wife confesses to where she hit them) to test for power to the coil, or bypass that wire and run positive from the battery(or the double lug on the firewall near the brake booster that is fulltime hot) to test it yourself....my bet is on the element being shorted/burned out. i took the computer and everything out of my 83 and chucked it into the trashcan when i put in a larger camshaft and aftermarket carb.... best thing i did to that truck.... |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
On Jul 22, 5:09*pm, "Joey Tribiani" > wrote:
> > same sorry system that my 83 had, i'm sure.... computer controlled > carbureter. *the choke light only comes on if the circuit is broken... so > you can either use a meter or test light(once the wife confesses to where > she hit them) to test for power to the coil, or bypass that wire and run > positive from the battery(or the double lug on the firewall near the brake > booster that is fulltime hot) to test it yourself....my bet is on the > element being shorted/burned out. * i took the computer and everything out > of my 83 and chucked it into the trashcan when i put in a larger camshaft > and aftermarket carb.... best thing i did to that truck....- Hide quoted text - > Thanks. I'm taking it down to a friends tommorow. Good mechanic and his wife isn't allowed in his shop. At least we should be able to find his meter and light. I'm still trying to figure out why they would rivit the choke cover holder in place. Silly *******s. If and when I can get my big trailers sold this truck will be going down the road. Truck is in great shape but I want an early 70's 1/2 ton. Randy |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
> wrote in message ... >Thanks. I'm taking it down to a friends tommorow. Good mechanic >and his wife isn't allowed in his shop. At least we should be able to >find his meter and light. >I'm still trying to figure out why they would rivit the choke cover >holder >in place. Silly *******s. yes, they are... you can drill the rivets out and replace with small selftapping screws... >If and when I can get my big trailers sold this truck will be going >down >the road. Truck is in great shape but I want an early 70's 1/2 ton. i'd love a 72.... |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
On Jul 22, 8:02*pm, "Joey Tribiani" > wrote:
> > wrote in message > > ... > > >Thanks. *I'm taking it down to a friends tommorow. *Good mechanic > >and his wife isn't allowed in his shop. *At least we should be able to > >find his meter and light. > >I'm still trying to figure out why they would rivit the choke cover > >holder > >in place. *Silly *******s. > > yes, they are... you can drill the rivets out and replace with small > selftapping screws... > > >If and when I can get my big trailers sold this truck will be going > >down > >the road. *Truck is in great shape but I want an early 70's 1/2 ton. > > i'd love a 72.... I missed a chance on a cherry 72 a few months ago. It was near perfect and real low miles. Friends bother snapped it up before I got the chance. But I'm patient and will find one. There is a shop about 20 miles down a back road that finds, fixes and sells older Chev trucks at pretty reasonable prices. Friend & I are slowly working thru a 56 Chev truck he picked up a year or so ago. Pretty decent shape and only had 36K original miles on it. Lack of driving it causes a whole new set of problems to deal with. Randy |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:10:58 +0200, > wrote:
> On Jul 22, 5:09*pm, "Joey Tribiani" > wrote: >> >> same sorry system that my 83 had, i'm sure.... computer controlled >> carbureter. *the choke light only comes on if the circuit is broken... >> so >> you can either use a meter or test light(once the wife confesses to >> where >> she hit them) to test for power to the coil, or bypass that wire and run >> positive from the battery(or the double lug on the firewall near the >> brake >> booster that is fulltime hot) to test it yourself....my bet is on the >> element being shorted/burned out. * i took the computer and everything >> out >> of my 83 and chucked it into the trashcan when i put in a larger >> camshaft >> and aftermarket carb.... best thing i did to that truck....- Hide >> quoted text - >> > > Thanks. I'm taking it down to a friends tommorow. Good mechanic > and his wife isn't allowed in his shop. At least we should be able to > find his meter and light. > > I'm still trying to figure out why they would rivit the choke cover > holder > in place. Silly *******s. All down to emission standards/regulations. If it was open, you could adjust the choke and fatten up the mixture during initial warm up and also prolong the warm up period. J. > > If and when I can get my big trailers sold this truck will be going > down > the road. Truck is in great shape but I want an early 70's 1/2 ton. > > Randy -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
On Jul 22, 5:09*pm, "Joey Tribiani" > wrote:
> > same sorry system that my 83 had, i'm sure.... computer controlled > carbureter. *the choke light only comes on if the circuit is broken... so > you can either use a meter or test light(once the wife confesses to where > she hit them) to test for power to the coil, or bypass that wire and run > positive from the battery(or the double lug on the firewall near the brake > booster that is fulltime hot) to test it yourself....my bet is on the > element being shorted/burned out. * i took the computer and everything out > of my 83 and chucked it into the trashcan when i put in a larger camshaft > and aftermarket carb.... best thing i did to that truck....- Hide quoted text - > #^$&&*&%( Fuse was blown and I had a spare. Put it in, fired it up and fuse blew right away. And it was my last extra fuse. ****. So I'm basicly back to looking for a short. Double ****. Can't find my test light or working multi-meter. Triple ****. Wife decided to clean and rearrange my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned thing. I'm just in a royally ****ed off mood this morning so I think I will go out and hunt wild dogs for awhile. I would run to town and get more fuses and tester but am going there tommorow anyways so will pick them up then. Town is 14 miles away and with the windy roads it takes about 1/2 hour to get there. And it's hot and muggy out. I really need to go kill a wild dog or 2 or 3. Randy |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
> wrote in message ... On Jul 22, 5:09 pm, "Joey Tribiani" > wrote: > > same sorry system that my 83 had, i'm sure.... computer controlled > carbureter. the choke light only comes on if the circuit is broken... so > you can either use a meter or test light(once the wife confesses to where > she hit them) to test for power to the coil, or bypass that wire and run > positive from the battery(or the double lug on the firewall near the brake > booster that is fulltime hot) to test it yourself....my bet is on the > element being shorted/burned out. i took the computer and everything out > of my 83 and chucked it into the trashcan when i put in a larger camshaft > and aftermarket carb.... best thing i did to that truck....- Hide quoted > text - > #^$&&*&%( Fuse was blown and I had a spare. Put it in, fired it up and fuse blew right away. And it was my last extra fuse. ****. So I'm basicly back to looking for a short. Double ****. Can't find my test light or working multi-meter. Triple ****. Wife decided to clean and rearrange my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned thing. I'm just in a royally ****ed off mood this morning so I think I will go out and hunt wild dogs for awhile. I would run to town and get more fuses and tester but am going there tommorow anyways so will pick them up then. Town is 14 miles away and with the windy roads it takes about 1/2 hour to get there. And it's hot and muggy out. I really need to go kill a wild dog or 2 or 3. Randy Yeah having trouble with my VW fuel system too so I think I'll club some feral kittens to death and I will be right as rain............ |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
On Jul 23, 9:59*am, "Mac" > wrote:
> > And it's hot and muggy out. *I really need to go kill a wild dog or 2 > or 3. > > Randy > > Yeah having trouble with my VW fuel system too so I think I'll club some > feral kittens to death and I will be right as rain............ Ah, you must have thought I was being mean, cruel or just an asshole with the wild dog comment. Sorry but I wasn't. We have large packs of them here, they are aggressive and very dangerous. They have tried to attack me on more then 1 occasion. They cost me over 10k in livestock last year alone. And several pairs of shorts. They are so aggressive that if I'm out working fences down by the roads or woods I better be carrying a handgun and have the shotgun handy. 2 of them about got me last week when I was focused on a fencing job. They snuck up out of the woods and would have eaten my butt but 1 made a little barking noise to soon. You need to be around when they are in the woods nearby and working themselves up in a frenzy. You get 50 or so dogs going like that and you will be standing guard all night as you know they are going to be out hunting and killing. Randy |
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OT Needing some help with my Chev truck
> wrote in message ... On Jul 23, 9:59 am, "Mac" > wrote: > > And it's hot and muggy out. I really need to go kill a wild dog or 2 > or 3. > > Randy > > Yeah having trouble with my VW fuel system too so I think I'll club some > feral kittens to death and I will be right as rain............ Ah, you must have thought I was being mean, cruel or just an asshole with the wild dog comment. Sorry but I wasn't. We have large packs of them here, they are aggressive and very dangerous. They have tried to attack me on more then 1 occasion. They cost me over 10k in livestock last year alone. And several pairs of shorts. They are so aggressive that if I'm out working fences down by the roads or woods I better be carrying a handgun and have the shotgun handy. 2 of them about got me last week when I was focused on a fencing job. They snuck up out of the woods and would have eaten my butt but 1 made a little barking noise to soon. You need to be around when they are in the woods nearby and working themselves up in a frenzy. You get 50 or so dogs going like that and you will be standing guard all night as you know they are going to be out hunting and killing. Randy Well yes I actually thought you were being an asshole but when put that way I suppose I would do the same in that situation. You must be WAY out in the sticks to have that many wild dogs around...... Mac |
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