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dave's70 · 08-04-2002, 06:46 PM

I was driving my truck the other day when the gas pedal was sticking, so I gave it a push and she hit the floor! I let it go for a little ways(just for fun) and then shut it down. I found that my accelerator cable had kinked. I got it home and changed it out with one from a 78 chevy truck, but now it's hard to start and feels a bit like it wants to flood when I'm sitting a stop sign. I checked the timing and played with my carb a bit but it's still doing it. What's going on?

**68SWB4x4** · 08-04-2002, 07:29 PM

inproperly adjusted throttle cable? check your motor mounts that might be why the old one got messed up

Gordo · 08-04-2002, 07:40 PM

Check to see if you might have knocked off a vaccum hose or bent one and it split while changing the cable, creating a vaccum leak. Also may have stirred up some crud in the carb during the WOT ordeal, may need to dissassemble, clean carb, install rebuild kit and change filters, if it persists.

08-04-2002, 06:46 PM	#1
dave's70 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: comox, british columbia Posts: 110	Hard Starting I was driving my truck the other day when the gas pedal was sticking, so I gave it a push and she hit the floor! I let it go for a little ways(just for fun) and then shut it down. I found that my accelerator cable had kinked. I got it home and changed it out with one from a 78 chevy truck, but now it's hard to start and feels a bit like it wants to flood when I'm sitting a stop sign. I checked the timing and played with my carb a bit but it's still doing it. What's going on? __________________ 70 C-10 350 with weind intake,eldelbrock carb,HEI,305 heads,a mild cam. also a blazer tank w/bed fill,shaved stake pockets and tailgate

08-04-2002, 07:29 PM	#2
68SWB4x4 Strongman Garage Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 10,241	inproperly adjusted throttle cable? check your motor mounts that might be why the old one got messed up __________________ Kalle 68 GMC Suburban 1500 4x4 SOLD 69 Pontiac Lemans 99 Silverado 4.8 5 speed ECSB [ Facebook Instagram Subscribe on YOUTUBE

08-04-2002, 07:40 PM	#3
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Check to see if you might have knocked off a vaccum hose or bent one and it split while changing the cable, creating a vaccum leak. Also may have stirred up some crud in the carb during the WOT ordeal, may need to dissassemble, clean carb, install rebuild kit and change filters, if it persists. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.



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