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I am trying to sort out another problem. Today I took the M135 to go out to the parts trucks to get a few needed pieces. The truck was running great until I went to accelerate from a stop at an intersection. As I was accelerating there was a huge backfire and I mean huge enough that it blew out the back side of my new muffler! No more quiet truck now.
Anyway, after the backfire, the engine acted like it was running out of fuel, but all of a sudden started running fine. I drove a few more blocks then it started to stumble again. It died and I could not get it to start back. I got the truck home, pulled the carburetor apart and made sure that nothing was blocked. That was not the problem. I ran out of daylight but I am thinking maybe something happened with the distributor or a spark plug.
It has been suggested that maybe something in the distributor broke or the backfire made the timing go out or the crankshaft broke or the backfire blew out a part of the intake manifold gasket.
I am at a loss right now but will try to tackle it again tomorrow. Have any of you had something similar happen? Know of a fix?
This truck was running great after the carburetor rebuild and new exhaust until the backfire. One day I will get all these kinks worked out, but it is sure sometimes frustrating when you fix something which exposes a weak area somewhere else.
On a positive note, I got the truck to coast into a parking lot and while I was checking things before I pulled it home, an old Army Veteran who I go to church with stopped by. He had driven M135/ M211s in the Army!!! He suggested that maybe water was in the carburetor, so we sprayed some WD-40 in there and tried to start it with a little ether. The truck tries to fire but not enough to stay running. The man said that he wanted to come by on a warmer day and would like to look the truck over and would help fix anything I needed help with. I'm going to make this happen but hopefully I can get the truck running before he comes over so he can just drive it instead of help me troubleshoot.
Any ideas on a fix?
Anyway, after the backfire, the engine acted like it was running out of fuel, but all of a sudden started running fine. I drove a few more blocks then it started to stumble again. It died and I could not get it to start back. I got the truck home, pulled the carburetor apart and made sure that nothing was blocked. That was not the problem. I ran out of daylight but I am thinking maybe something happened with the distributor or a spark plug.
It has been suggested that maybe something in the distributor broke or the backfire made the timing go out or the crankshaft broke or the backfire blew out a part of the intake manifold gasket.
I am at a loss right now but will try to tackle it again tomorrow. Have any of you had something similar happen? Know of a fix?
This truck was running great after the carburetor rebuild and new exhaust until the backfire. One day I will get all these kinks worked out, but it is sure sometimes frustrating when you fix something which exposes a weak area somewhere else.
On a positive note, I got the truck to coast into a parking lot and while I was checking things before I pulled it home, an old Army Veteran who I go to church with stopped by. He had driven M135/ M211s in the Army!!! He suggested that maybe water was in the carburetor, so we sprayed some WD-40 in there and tried to start it with a little ether. The truck tries to fire but not enough to stay running. The man said that he wanted to come by on a warmer day and would like to look the truck over and would help fix anything I needed help with. I'm going to make this happen but hopefully I can get the truck running before he comes over so he can just drive it instead of help me troubleshoot.
Any ideas on a fix?