83PJW
1/2 ton status
First of all it is nice to be back, I last visited 10/4/2004 
. Long story short I moved home from the military and sold all my 4x4's. One day I was driving down I-81 and spotted my old k30 (that I built). I did the fastest U turn ever and caught up to the guy driving it (he thought I was nuts for going through the median!) ha Anyway offered to buy her back and he agreed!!! Ok so here is where I am starting... He sort of left her go to the crapper (no preventive maintenance). Plus a few other things that I need to figure out...
1) 454 engine has no snap... (I know it is not supposed to be snappy, after all it is a big block, but lets just preted I had a few bucks in my pocket and this was my goal. (no super charger suggestions please) haha
2) fuel system acting screwy... sometimes it will switch tanks and sometimes no... I have changed the dash switch, but I can't figure out where the second switch is under the cab. what else could I check.
3) here is the big one... Driving to hunting camp the other day, about 50 miles into the trip she loses power. I mean the amperage was fine, radio and everything working just fine but no power (almost a lack of fuel issue). I would slow her down to about 35 for a minute or 2 and she would power right back up for about another 5 minutes and do it all over again. I switched tanks and she still did it. I have a new fuel pump (electronic) new fule line from the pump to the carb. Where should I start looking first? Ok guys this shouls be enough for now so hook a brother up...
. Long story short I moved home from the military and sold all my 4x4's. One day I was driving down I-81 and spotted my old k30 (that I built). I did the fastest U turn ever and caught up to the guy driving it (he thought I was nuts for going through the median!) ha Anyway offered to buy her back and he agreed!!! Ok so here is where I am starting... He sort of left her go to the crapper (no preventive maintenance). Plus a few other things that I need to figure out...1) 454 engine has no snap... (I know it is not supposed to be snappy, after all it is a big block, but lets just preted I had a few bucks in my pocket and this was my goal. (no super charger suggestions please) haha
2) fuel system acting screwy... sometimes it will switch tanks and sometimes no... I have changed the dash switch, but I can't figure out where the second switch is under the cab. what else could I check.
3) here is the big one... Driving to hunting camp the other day, about 50 miles into the trip she loses power. I mean the amperage was fine, radio and everything working just fine but no power (almost a lack of fuel issue). I would slow her down to about 35 for a minute or 2 and she would power right back up for about another 5 minutes and do it all over again. I switched tanks and she still did it. I have a new fuel pump (electronic) new fule line from the pump to the carb. Where should I start looking first? Ok guys this shouls be enough for now so hook a brother up...
