Dunc03
1/2 ton status
I went out mudding and went through a hole to fast and got mud and water up in the engine compartment. I didnt notice any ill affects then, but when I got back to the house it wouldn't come off high idle. Well I rebulit the carb thinking it was a sticking throttle plate or linkage. Fired it up and it still is idling about 1500+ RPMS. I adjusted the curb idle setting, screw backed all the way out, and it still didn't idle under 1200 or so.
I figured the mechanical or vacuum advance was sticking and making it rev up. I took the distributor apart and it didn't seem that anything was making it stick. It also didn't look like anything electronic had fried. Would the ignition control module make it rev higher if it received damage or would it just not start. There was mud on the inside of the dist. body under the cap, but it wasnt lodged into the control module or the pickup coil.
Other than idling to high it runs smooth and revs just like before. I'm about to go throw the dist. back together and see if that fixes anything, but I doubt it. If you guys have any experience with this or have a theory please let me know. Thanks
Tech stuff:
350/ Quadrajet M4ME / MSD Distributor with in cap coil/
I figured the mechanical or vacuum advance was sticking and making it rev up. I took the distributor apart and it didn't seem that anything was making it stick. It also didn't look like anything electronic had fried. Would the ignition control module make it rev higher if it received damage or would it just not start. There was mud on the inside of the dist. body under the cap, but it wasnt lodged into the control module or the pickup coil.
Other than idling to high it runs smooth and revs just like before. I'm about to go throw the dist. back together and see if that fixes anything, but I doubt it. If you guys have any experience with this or have a theory please let me know. Thanks
Tech stuff:
350/ Quadrajet M4ME / MSD Distributor with in cap coil/
