DAMMIT!!!....the week from hell!!

[emmer]

not enough fuel. It's spinning over plenty fast enough.

 

[emmer]

not enough fuel. It's spinning over plenty fast enough. geld maybe?

 

[OLDBULL8]

Even with new batteries, sounds like they were not fully charged enough, about 100 RPM to slow.If you would of had a volt meter checking, bet the voltage was down to around 9 volts cranking, shouldn't be less than 10.8 cranking.

 

[RedTruck]

X2 on what Bill said about the low charge on the batteries. You should also check the fluid level in the batteries. New ones are always low, and it does make a difference when you top them off. Might be a good idea to put the charger on them overnight in your apartment. I've been down that road before several years ago.

Paul

 

[Goofyexponent]

I took her for a drive this morning after I got her lit off. I parked it at about 620 am, and at about 1030 am I had to take a trip across the harbour. It flashed RIGHT up without a problem. Shows 14.5 volts on the volt gauge when running and never dropped below 11 volts when cranking this time.

Problem solved? We shall see.

On another note, I dragged a 9000 pound forklift out os a fozen 2 foot snowbank today. Everyone had their doubts, as well as I did, but I got cocky and daid no Hemi dodge could do it (the boss runs a hemi ram).

We hooked the chain to the hitch, I popped her in 4 low and took up the slack. The tires spun 1/2 a rotation and all of a sudden foreward motion! It had dragged the forklift, whish was not running, through 2 feet of frozen snow while my truck was sitting on snow and ice. Impressed we were!!!

 

[sootman73]

not enough fuel. It's spinning over plenty fast enough.

he's got howes additive in it so its not gelled. i compared the speed to my truck and mine spins over a lot faster than his was. cranking speed gets more and more important the lower the temperature is outside. i have a starter from DP electrical and it will crank for a long time if needed but its not because it spins twice as fast as his was. a new GR starter and he should be fine. you can hold a GR on longer because there isn't as much of a load on it and doesn't heat up as fast.

i remember when my truck was like this. about 7 degrees F and was spinning that fast. wouldn't start until i sprayed some wd40 into the intake. helped it spin over much faster and it fired up real quick.

i try wd40 when i'm having trouble starting in the cold. doesn't detonate like ether but gives the extra lube. might want to try that next time........

 

[Goofyexponent]

I will keep the WD 40 in mind...I usually have 2 cans on it on hand....squeaky truck lol.

 

[dyoung14]

i have never been able to make one fire on wd40

 

[BigRigTech]

I'm not sure but I don't think his cold advance is working either. The previous owner made a real mess of the GP system so I gave Goofy another engine harness and GP controller from the 92 F350 4x4 we just scrapped. I haven't had a chance to help him with it yet - too many of my own projects on the go....

 

[sootman73]

i dont really notice a difference starting cold whether my timing is advanced or not. i have it on a switch on my dash and sometimes i forget to turn it on until after its fired up. it knocks louder once all cylinders are going but thats about it.

i put it on a switch because i dont like driving it with the timing advanced that far. started killing my GPs.

 

[sootman73]

i dont really notice a difference starting cold whether my timing is advanced or not. i have it on a switch on my dash and sometimes i forget to turn it on until after its fired up. it knocks louder once all cylinders are going but thats about it.

i put it on a switch because i dont like driving it with the timing advanced that far. started killing my GPs.

 

[Fishin76]

So.....my next cold start I will start cranking her just the instant the light goes off-maybe even a touch sooner-and see how she starts then.

We are having a 'heat wave' now, it's up to 34F! No doubt it will drop again, after all I live in Illinois-[if ya don't like the weather, just wait a while and it will change!]

No doubt, -13 on sunday, 34 on wednesday. West central IL.....