Attention pwherr...auto help please ?

[bcbadgalz]

My play truck is pissing me off real bad and i might have to put it in the shop...
Its the 1980 Chevy 4x4. 350 4-barrel Holley Duel feed double pumper set on an Edilbrock High Rise Aluminum Manifold.
Clueless after having a friend take a look at it.
He changed the 2 fuel filters, one that is in the Carb and the other one in line before it that sits up above the Manifold.
Getting good mechanical lingo huh...lol...

Anyway if he sits under the hood and grabs the throttle, the engine screams and sounds excellent, no missing just sweet. He put in new Bosch spark plugs, sprayed the carb with gum-out and put some fuel treatment in the tank.
Helped a little bit, but not back to normal.
The truck has lost its power especially when going up hills.
If I kick the 4-barrell in it helps but the Transmission doesnt seem to be getting things right due to the engine. Its a common 350 turbo transmission.
A mechanic that works at another friends garage said there may be a piece of dirt is stuck in the carb and I should have some one take it off and clean it.
Does this sound right ? Thanks if you can respond.

[The Judge]

Did not know that Paul was a grease monkey. GL

[bcbadgalz]

Originally Posted by The Judge

Did not know that Paul was a grease monkey. GL

He knows his stuff Judge !

[bcbadgalz]

If I could start my life all over again...I would be a mechanic instead of a Landscape Designer. I might earn a few less dollars but could fix all my vehicles for free. It would definately average out in the end because all my stuff breaks constantly.
I pay so much money getting things fixed it makes me want to puke !
I have no luck with anything. Refrigerators, Washers, Dryers, Vehicles, Lawn-mowers...anything. If I ever marry, the guy can be fat, ugly, and poor, so long as he can fix all my stuff. I mean that !

[The Judge]

Sounds like BCBG is a redneck girl with a serious truck. Did not know they had tractor pull events in PA.

[bcbadgalz]

Originally Posted by The Judge

Sounds like BCBG is a redneck girl with a serious truck. Did not know they had tractor pull events in PA.

Yes...I attend !

[The Judge]

That's sexy in some hillbilly type way.

[bcbadgalz]

Originally Posted by The Judge

That's sexy in some hillbilly type way.

Well I am really not a hillbilly or redneck anymore as I live in the city and like it better. I did have a job shooting pigs in the head for the butcher in my younger years, so that might make me a red-neck. After killing the pig my job was to jump on the hog and place my knee on his heart, slit its juglar vein in the throat, and pump its warm blood into a pot so they could make a food item called Kiski. Hog blood mixed with barley and spices then cased like sausage. Very tasy actually. Then the hog would have hooks placed in its ankles and lifted by a tractor to be placed in boiling water vats. After that we would use cup like tools to remove its hair.

Well maybe I was red-neck...lol... but the pork products were excellent !
Great food.

Just thought I would share some adolescent memories.

[jaypasco]

from the looks of it you need new spark plugs bcbad

[bcbadgalz]

I also was payed to shoot dogs that became ill, if the owner didn't have the heart to do it themselves.
I don't kill animals much anymore.
But I did take out a ground-hog that was damaging my parents property last year. Dad had a stroke and can't shoot anymore.
After about 7 years without shooting a firearm, I hit it in the head at about 150 yards looking through Iron Sights ( No scope ). One shot, one kill.
Thats my motto...LOL..
Hope you enjoyed the story I shared.

[bcbadgalz]

Originally Posted by jaypasco

from the looks of it you need new spark plugs bcbad

The guy put in new plugs jaypasco...

[The Judge]

NOTE TO SELF: Do NOT, under any circumstances, mess with the BadGal.

[sportsfan]

lol, it's always the spark plugs. Your mechanic freind was probobly right, not getting enough gas for one reason or another. I am more of a modern fuel injection kind of guy but I am sure there is someone on here who can help you with your small-block chevy. In my experience you did the right thing, start with the fuel filters and work your way to the carbs.

[bcbadgalz]

Originally Posted by The Judge

NOTE TO SELF: Do NOT, under any circumstances, mess with the BadGal.

No Judge...I am a very nice person.
Just grew up near a farm and needed to make some money. The Farmers drank alot and paid us well for killing the hogs and such.
I just post the stuff because its actually kind of funny now, looking back.
Not many women can say they shot pigs, and dogs in the head and then slit their throats.

I don't share that information with those that I am trying to date you know.

[Trossi3389]

B.C how many men have you hacked up??