Recent content by roscoe

I found the batteries to be the weak point last year when it got super cold here. The 400 watt fits and works great for the purpose.

That's where I bought the one for my current truck. I think they are around $27 and some change. Worked great all last winter at sub zero temperatures. The biggest problem I had in getting the truck started was the battery charge on the super cold days.

Thanks. That is what I was planning on doing next and wasn't sure what I needed. Haven't had any time lately to do much with it. I did drain out about 2 gallons of excess oil/ fuel mix, reassembled the fuel shut off and cranked the engine, with the fuel off, and it turned over fine. Also plugged...

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Well, just doing a visual inspection of the engine all around, I see no holes, no dents in the valve cover and everything looks "normal" for the deuce. Would it be likely that the head gasket blew and spilled out oil. Like I said earlier, I know some fuel got into the oil because the crankcase...

Having experienced this runaway up close and personal, it's not something I want to do again. A quick shutoff like the butterfly valve would be well worth it just for piece of mind, even if it never occurs again. There would be no way I could have got that mushroom off quick enough to do any...

I got new o-rings first, thinking that was my fuel leaking issue. I put those 3 on and it still had fuel leaking and I saw another thread where those HD are prone to crack and all the symptoms were the same as mine, so I got a NOS head and put my new o-rings on it. I think my runaway problem is...

t You can bet that fording hole will no longer be a hole. It was heartbreaking to hear the engine revving into the stratosphere, but with all the black smoke and remembering a line in the TM that said something like "run for cover", I did have personal safety in the forefront on my mind.

Thanks, it sucks, but nothing to do now but asses the damage and move on. Maybe the next person will get some helpful insight as to what to do and not to do.

I thought I knew her pretty intimately already, but she showed me a whole new crazy and scary side.

It sucked the 6x6 block to the intake hole and held it there. The multifuel runaway was way more intense than this video. The smoke was coal black, pouring out of the stack like an old freight train. Definitely intense.

I did't think it would matter just for testing - obviously it does. Seeing how the there is more oil in the engine, despite spilling out some, I'd say that your are correct.

I don't know why mine wouldn't stop with the air intake blocked either. It's like it was possesed. I haven't seen anywhere, other than that little fording kit hole on the air cleaner box, that could be sucking in air.

I just took the cover off, and the two screws and connecting bar were laying in the cover. The clip was still attached and the lever moves back and forth. I didn't put that wire back on the screws because I wanted to see if everything worked first, so maybe they vibrated out, but it was only...

I have a feeling that this may be the cause. It's just too coincidental. I thought I got it on right, but it wouldn't be the first time I screwed something up.