ok so i got my truck from my uncle it was in less than perfect condition but i cant complain much it was free but when we finaly got it started (after blowing up the muffler) i realized it does not idle it just dies is that just because it sat for a few years till i got it or are there other issues, and i also noticed that the fuel pump seems to be a bit tempermental it doesnt always work by its self but if u help it start by pouring gas down the carb it usualy picks up and draws in the fuel from the can anyone have any ideas if so please message me

"young bucks bring fresh ideas sometimes they work sometimes they dont but all the same it was an idea it wasnt the first it wont be the last either!"

If it starts up it should run no matter how long it sat for.  I would start with trying to fix the fuel issue first since you know that it isnt working all the time.  Once you know that you are getting fuel to the carb all the time then move on to spark and if you know you are getting spark and it still starts but dies I would say you just need to tune the time and carb to keep her going.  Let us know some more specifics, I just went through a whole keeping her started problem myself so I know the guys here can help.  Mine is running strong now.

Cbass

1958 F100 292

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."

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-Henry Ford

Ug,

      I'd also take the carb apart. Maybe do a kit, but definitely soak it in carb cleaner and blow all the passages out. It's probably full of gasoline residue (tar!) from sitting.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Did you drain and refill the gas tank with fresh gas?Water collects in the tank and sits on top of the old fuel and water won't run your truck-not yet anyway!Whoops!I got that backwards-Thanks Steve!Water sits on the bottom and gas floats on top.

  

Mark is right - You could have several quarts of water in the bottom of the tank - and that water can put some ugly stuff inside the fuel line.

So if you want to get it moving NOW - (and need a fuel supply) drop a temporary rubber line off the suction side of the fuel pump into a gallon plastic fuel can or similar vessel. Fuel pumps don't have much suction - and the stuff its sucking isn't what you want in the engine anyway.  If its the variety of fuel pump with a filter on the bottom - take care of whatever gunk it has in it.

Get some shop towels and a couple of cans of spray "carburetor cleaner" and wash down the carb so things are easily moved - looked at - adjusted, etc. If you can drain gunky gas that may be in the bowl already  - do it. I've taken them off ranch trucks just so I could invert them and blast the throttle bores with more carb cleaner from the "down side". Don't leave a lot of "potential fire" lying around on the top of the manifold.

Take off the distributor cap and have a look - more shop towels and a can of WD40 is the trick here. Just clean it up for a start - and look for wires so old they may short - my bird had 50 year old (cooked) wiring and the insulation fell off everywhere you touched it. Be cautious - you'd like the thing to make sparks for a few more minutes anyway....

If you can - drain the sump and add some oil - get the water out of the crankcase. You don't have to change it all sight unseen - but you want good stuff in the bearings right away and to put some warm in there - so you can really change the oil sometime the first day.

If it turns out you need a new fuel pump - get one off a 60's/70's FE truck motor that has the canister style filter housing on the bottom. Makes this fuel line / tank cleanout a little easier to bear.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

ah thankyou for the advise it seems to idle alittle longer now i think i managed to get most of the crud gas out of it whats left got diluted by some fresh i looked around the carb and it was kind of wet so befor i take it far im going to rebuild it.

"young bucks bring fresh ideas sometimes they work sometimes they dont but all the same it was an idea it wasnt the first it wont be the last either!"

i also noticed that when i rev it up a bit unless i feather the throtle it acts like it wants to die i.e. when u just step on it it trys to die but as soon as it gets reved up initaily by feathering the pedal you can pretty much just get on it and it wont ack like it wants to die its kind of confusing

"young bucks bring fresh ideas sometimes they work sometimes they dont but all the same it was an idea it wasnt the first it wont be the last either!"

That sounds like a bad accelerator pump.  A rebuild is in order, that carb has more than one problem.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Lots of good advice above.  I always like to start simple (kinda like me) and look for vacuum leaks.  Are the rubber hozes,or any of the caps rotted out?  My carb won't idle well at all, and all it took was a new rubber cap on one of the vac ports.

Cheers

Gt

Gordie T           Long Point, Ontario

ah well now i know for sure it needs rebuilt although im going to use my parts truck as a tester intake to see if i can make a fuel injection conversion for it speaking of the parts truck that engine and tranny is for sale i posted that fact befor but i cant find where i posted it so i dont know if anyone is interestedin either a trade part trade and cash or just straight up cash or how much the things worth i.e. does anyone know how much it is worth

"young bucks bring fresh ideas sometimes they work sometimes they dont but all the same it was an idea it wasnt the first it wont be the last either!"