Hey gang. I took my truck to the Ohio Veterans' Memorial Park in Clinton, Ohio this past Saturday for their 1st Annual Veterans Family Days. I figured the place would be full of OD but not so. I was the only MV to show! They ushered me to a spot right in front of the wall. Boy was I honored. They a great ceremony concluding with a missing man formation courtesy of 4 T6's.
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On the way home a thunderstorm hit. Boy I need to wire up those electric wipers...
Now on the way down Saturday I developed an engine miss. She ran like I was missing a few cylinders at mid range RPM and then would smooth out at top end. Definetly an ignition miss. Sunday I took out my distributor to look at the points. Low and behold they were burned and covered with an oily film. I ran this paper through the points, you can see the film:
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Now my first thought was the coil leaking. Not so. I found the firewall side vent line fitting to be full of an oily residue. Odd? Is this being pulled from the air cleaner? Or did I not clean the line well after the parts washer when I first assembled the engine? The breaker points were the only thing really covered with the film. I cleaned everthing up and put in my spare points. I re-installed the distributor and installed new vent lines. I hit the starter button and she fired right up. I steped out of the cab and smelled some fuel. Boy she is running rich I thought? Then I glanced down to see gas spewing from the engine compartment! I shut her down. Upon inspection I found this:
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I thought maybe the line had become gummy from the fuel but it does not appear to be so. It looks more like a fatigue failure from too tight of a crimp?
I did not smell fuel when I parked the truck at the Memorial Saturday. This must have let go on the way home? I am amazed I made it home Saturday. What a weekend...
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