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  1. biscuitwhistler37

    Will start only with a squirt of starting fluid. Runs great once started.

    Any update on this? Sorry to pester you about it, super curious to see if it was the injectors after all.
  2. biscuitwhistler37

    Will start only with a squirt of starting fluid. Runs great once started.

    Well, positive side is at least you now have the problem narrowed. Hopefully it's just a clogged nozzle or two.
  3. biscuitwhistler37

    Will start only with a squirt of starting fluid. Runs great once started.

    It should without fail, the ip has enough suck to start and run the truck without a pump. I have done this many times in marine applications, fuel line directly to carb/ip on one end, a nice 5gal can of fuel on the other. I see no reason this would be different, just make sure you use a big...
  4. biscuitwhistler37

    Will start only with a squirt of starting fluid. Runs great once started.

    If the truck runs and drives normally after starting, fuel delivery is not the issue. Some trucks were designed to start with the accelerator pedal pressed, depending on the layout of the dashboard (source is the tm from 1981, starting procedure shows two methods, depending on layout). I'm...
  5. biscuitwhistler37

    Will start only with a squirt of starting fluid. Runs great once started.

    If you crank it with your foot on the throttle, does it change anything? Or if you pull the throttle lock, say, 3-5 clicks out? Seems like crud would have worked it's way through by now, to me it sounds like either low compression or throttle cable misadjustment. Can't hurt to try at this point
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