From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 13:54:16 PDT
You can NEVER have too many inline fuel filters!
Give a squirt of ether down the carb and then crank it and see if it
catches.
If so, the problem is fuel.
If not, it is ignition.
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: <bobbyjoe@chartertn.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M211, Starting/Running problems
> may have dirt in the carburetor. Does it have a fuel filter. Are you sure
> the fuel pump is pumping all the time?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Caleb Pal, Network Operations" <sysop@spitfire.homelinux.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 01 May, 2003 3:07 PM
> Subject: [MV] M211, Starting/Running problems
>
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> > A few days ago I took the M211 out, we went on the property on some
> trails,
> > and everything was running fine. Yesterday the guy that I got the truck
> from
> > came over and wanted to see it run, so I tried to start it, it ust
didn't
> > want to start. It finally went, and was running kinda rough, then when i
> > went to drive, and hit the gas, it just started missing really bad and
> died.
> > Later yesterday I went and started it up, and went and drove it, it was
> > doing fine, then when i was coming back it started missing, running
really
> > bad, and I could barely get it to its parking place, just had to let it
go
> > about .2 mph in idle. I went out this morning to start it and it wouldnt
> > start, it would catch, run for a second, then stall. I took the fuekl
line
> > off by the car, and pumped some gas into a bucket, the flow was fine. I
> > checked the fuel filter in the carb before I had brought it home about 2
> > weeks ago, haven't ran it much, so I think thats fine. I am at a loss
> here,
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Caleb
> >
> >
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