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GrayZ · 04-27-2008

Hello, all, as many of you know, I'm not Mr. Goodwrench
(insert you're own pun here) but i do have a mystery
that i cannot seem to get fixed. Non zr-1 related.
I have a 1979 dodge motor home, i traded an old bassboat for, wifey and i fixed up the interior and we use it to tailgate at the Rams games;
and did i mention, it hates me. it will idle.
but once it gets a load, or warmed up, it coughs and sputters, then dies, after a few minutes, it will start and run again, for a short distance, then again, dies.
to date, this is what we've replaced.
fuel filter, mechanical fuel pump, carburetor, coil
the engine is a 360 v-8 the gas gauge does not work.
we have considered, the boot inside the fuel tank is clogged, one friend suggested it might be my key locking gas cap, causing some sort of negative pressure.
so.... any idea's boys or girls, i'm about ready to
start a bonfire.

04-27-2008	#1
GrayZ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Innsbrook, Missouri Posts: 1,727	old school mechanics, step inside Hello, all, as many of you know, I'm not Mr. Goodwrench (insert you're own pun here) but i do have a mystery that i cannot seem to get fixed. Non zr-1 related. I have a 1979 dodge motor home, i traded an old bassboat for, wifey and i fixed up the interior and we use it to tailgate at the Rams games; and did i mention, it hates me. it will idle. but once it gets a load, or warmed up, it coughs and sputters, then dies, after a few minutes, it will start and run again, for a short distance, then again, dies. to date, this is what we've replaced. fuel filter, mechanical fuel pump, carburetor, coil the engine is a 360 v-8 the gas gauge does not work. we have considered, the boot inside the fuel tank is clogged, one friend suggested it might be my key locking gas cap, causing some sort of negative pressure. so.... any idea's boys or girls, i'm about ready to start a bonfire.