HanksB3B Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Yesterday, after what seemed like 2 weeks straight of rain, it reached near 80 degrees down at the beach. What a perfect day to head out to Malibu Beach, CA. http://s983.photobucket.com/albums/ae317/hanksb3b/Videos/?action=view¤t=201101151300591.mp4 I started up the canyon which can be steeper than it looks and noticing a small line of cars gathering behind me decided to pull into a little side area a little too late to heed my wife’s warning. I’m pretty sure I was in third gear, just starting to lug when I guess for lack of any other explanation stalled it before I got a chance to pull the emergency brake. http://s983.photobucket.com/albums/ae317/hanksb3b/Videos/?action=view¤t=201101151438573.mp4 This was the last time I'll ever move off the road onto an area that is anything but flat. As soon as I came to a halt the temperature guage immediately rose to 212. I knew from my last Malibu trip I’d have trouble “hot-starting” in an uphill position so rather than wearing my battery down to nothing waited till the needle started to move down. Luckily, the truck started! It was really hairy turning it around, but once pointing downhill things started to come back to normal. At first the truck wanted the throttle pulled out to maintain an idle higher than usual. I attribute this to the cranking must have brought the battery voltage down to a point it wouldn’t run. The “hot-starting” problem seems like “vapor-lock” for lack of a better explanation although I know many feel it’s a myth. Vaporized fumes, flooding, whatever the explanition…I did not have any WD40 as some have suggested or ether either…anyhow once home I moved the throttle flush with the dashboard and it idled like nothing ever happened. Truck Performance=9 Driver Skill=1 Hank Edited January 16, 2011 by HanksB3B Quote
Bob_Koch Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Glad you made it home with no serious damage. Quote
old stovebolt Posted January 16, 2011 Report Posted January 16, 2011 Yesterday, after what seemed like 2 weeks straight of rain, it reached near 80 degrees down at the beach. What a perfect day to head out to Malibu Beach, CA. http://s983.photobucket.com/albums/ae317/hanksb3b/Videos/?action=view¤t=201101151300591.mp4 I started up the canyon which can be steeper than it looks and noticing a small line of cars gathering behind me decided to pull into a little side area a little too late to heed my wife’s warning. I’m pretty sure I was in third gear, just starting to lug when I guess for lack of any other explanation stalled it before I got a chance to pull the emergency brake. http://s983.photobucket.com/albums/ae317/hanksb3b/Videos/?action=view¤t=201101151438573.mp4 This was the last time I'll ever move off the road onto an area that is anything but flat. As soon as I came to a halt the temperature guage immediately rose to 212. I knew from my last Malibu trip I’d have trouble “hot-starting” in an uphill position so rather than wearing my battery down to nothing waited till the needle started to move down. Luckily, the truck started! It was really hairy turning it around, but once pointing downhill things started to come back to normal. At first the truck wanted the throttle pulled out to maintain an idle higher than usual. I attribute this to the cranking must have brought the battery voltage down to a point it wouldn’t run. The “hot-starting” problem seems like “vapor-lock” for lack of a better explanation although I know many feel it’s a myth. Vaporized fumes, flooding, whatever the explanition…I did not have any WD40 as some have suggested or ether either…anyhow once home I moved the throttle flush with the dashboard and it idled like nothing ever happened. Truck Performance=9 Driver Skill=1 Hank Thanks for sharing the video clips. Quote
lugnut123 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 Hank You got to peddle harder when you come to the hills. Quote
HanksB3B Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Posted January 18, 2011 Hank You got to peddle harder when you come to the hills. Hank Quote
DollyDodge Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the videos. It was fun to watch them. Quote
Reg Evans Posted January 18, 2011 Report Posted January 18, 2011 Hank, What's going on with your truck that it would over heat on a relatively mild day? Was it because you were lugging it and not keeping the rpm's up ? Is your timing set right and the vacuum advance working properly? I can't remember.....was your engine rebuilt ? Quote
HanksB3B Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Posted January 19, 2011 Haven't seen a post from you in a long time. I was beginning to think you made a New Years Resolution to keep off the forum. Yes I attribute it to lugging and not keeping the revs up. The good news is that this afternoon I checked the fluid levels and everything was were it should be. Started up on the first shot like nothing ever happened. Drove to the Chevron station everything was normal. Stopped into Ace Hardware and replaced a 6-32 round head throttle cable clamp (the one near the carb linkage) with a 10-24 allen head screw and nylon lock nut. If you notice at the last moment the truck came to rest my hand was on the throttle at that moment the cable must have slipped and I could not prevent the stall. Yes my engine was rebuilt during the restore. I'll be picking my brother up at LAX tomorrow. Last time he saw my truck it looked like this old photo. Won't he be surprised. Think we'll cruise Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive and see if I can fix him up with a Cougar. I'll play the part of Walter Brennan. Hank Quote
Young Ed Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Hank as far as I'm concerned if you didn't have to repair anything or call a tow you didn't have a breakdown. How many miles since the rebuild? I've seen a couple of these that were really tight when rebuilt that ran hot for the first 1K-2K miles. Quote
Reg Evans Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 Hank, So are you saying your throttle linkage was slipping and that's why you were slowing down ? I get it now. As Young Ed said....if you made it home under the trucks own power you didn't really have a break down. Just a SLOW DOWN. Enjoy the visit with your bro. PS This is my 22nd post for 2011 Quote
DollyDodge Posted January 19, 2011 Report Posted January 19, 2011 No such thing as a breakdown, only temporarily detained Quote
HanksB3B Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Posted January 19, 2011 Hank,So are you saying your throttle linkage was slipping and that's why you were slowing down ? I get it now. As Young Ed said....if you made it home under the trucks own power you didn't really have a break down. Just a SLOW DOWN. Enjoy the visit with your bro. PS This is my 22nd post for 2011 No on the throttle linkage slip. I lugged and stalled it all by myself. At about the time I landed in that dirt turn out I got it into neutral, yanked the emergency brake and tried to pull the throttle knob to maintain the revs. That's what slipped the outer casing of the manual throttle cable in it's clamp. The truck is working perfectly. Thanks: I'll Enjoy picking my bro up in the truck at LAX. Hank Quote
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