"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01)
09/09/2013 at 19:28 • Filed to: Truck Project
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"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01)
09/09/2013 at 19:28 • Filed to: Truck Project | 0
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After the truck decided it didn't want to start yesterday, I was confused. First I thought I had just flooded the engine, but after making sure the carb was getting fuel (and after having let the carb air out for a few hours), it still wasn't starting and I knew it was a spark issue. Pulled a plug, cranked it over, and no spark. Did it again with another plug to confirm it wasn't just a fouled plug, and that one didn't spark either. Turns out that little red wire (damn motherfucker) had fallen off. It gives the coil power. Yup, that'll do it. Glad it was a nice easy fix, and I made sure to take the truck out for a celebratory drive round the block (it's still not registered and the tires are old.
Now oppo poll time. I'm planning on fabbing up my own exhaust once I get long tubes and an exhaust kit (I'm thinking long tube headers into an X-pipe, into Dynomax bullet mufflers and dump it behind the axle). In the mean time, the stock mufflers are ballooned out and have holes in them, and some of the exhaust is rotted out. Do I just take a sawzall and hack off the exhaust in front of the mufflers for the time being?
Klaus Schmoll
> BJohnson11
09/09/2013 at 19:37 |
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That red-ish wire probably is an earth wire. It's always earth! If something isn't working, give it earth!
Mattbob
> Klaus Schmoll
09/09/2013 at 20:18 |
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There is no earth on a car. Unless it is very dirty.
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Mattbob
> BJohnson11
09/09/2013 at 20:20 |
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I would only knock off any rattley or unsafe bits. Cut of exhausts are more of a headache inducer than you may realize.
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BJohnson11
> Mattbob
09/09/2013 at 20:22 |
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Yea. It's mostly the ballooned and rotted out mufflers that I have an inkling to remove. But doing so would mean removing the exhaust from there back.
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Klaus Schmoll
> Mattbob
09/09/2013 at 20:22 |
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Eletronically speaking! Ground? Whatever you want to call it!
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Mattbob
> Klaus Schmoll
09/09/2013 at 20:25 |
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Common. Sorry, Its something I always have to remind myself of too. Ground is when it connects to an actual ground at earth potential. A common is a common 0 voltage reference, which is not necessarily at earth ground potential if it isn't connected.
Pearson Hurst
> BJohnson11
09/09/2013 at 21:50 |
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I'd just leave it be until you're ready to replace it all. Those mufflers may not look like they're doing much, but you'll find out they are after you hack them off :)