Great One Day, Terrible the Next!

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Its funny how old trucks can be running great one day and be terrible the next. My 61 Panel has been running great for weeks. Now all at once, its terrible. Wants to stall at an idle, unless its choked. But has to be unchoked to drive at all. Only thing I did different was give it full throttle for a few seconds while driving it the other day. I wanted to see what it has after the motor swap. Of corse the headlights stopped working unless the high beams are on, and that causes the voltage to drop enough where its running off the battery. But at least the alt belt started to squeal, so I know what thats all about. OH, and all of the sudden there is a pretty big exhaust leak.

Looks like some basic maintenance and some ground chasing is in order!