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Old 03-04-2008, 03:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: K5 blazer....older chevy truck

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Originally Posted by FEAC View Post
I'm having a little trouble with my carb at the moment but other then that it's a fun truck to drive around.
I had that carb- spray that seemed to work a little when it stuck.

Mine was single barrel carb, so every morning starting it took at least 2 good cranks and very quick pressing/depressing the accelerator action. Lots of folks say that you should push the gas all the way down, but mine used to do better when I moved my foot back and forth really fast...then did the same thing after it started to keep it from stalling.

I also had a problem with the gearbox. I had a three speed manual "on the tree" that was converted to a floor mounted hurst shifter that downright sucked...it used to get stuck into gear or get hung up and couldn't get out without a little crow bar and hammer action. Ususlly if I found a foward gear, I could get it to move and then get it released enough where I could shift again. Unfortunately, it got hung up once on a rail road track and I had to climb under the truck to losen the linkage enough to get it into neutral.
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