Re: [MV] CCKW Starting Problems

From: ken uhrick (kuhrick@home.com)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2001 - 23:32:09 PST


MY m886 had had fuel pump replaced one time and it needs a new one and that
is in 10-12 k miles for not pumping at cracking motor speeds
if the carb has no gas in it starting fluid is needed or it will never start

At 11:08 PM 3/12/2001 -0500, CCKW6X6@aol.com wrote:
>Greetings,
>I have a CCKW 353 that I'm haveing a bit of starting trouble with. The truck
>set for six years before we bought it t and started it again for the first
>time. The problem occours after the truck has set for more than a day or so
>without running. It seems that the engine is getting no fuel. The truck
>cranks fine but will not fire. No ammount of accelerator pumping or choking
>seems to help. A quick shot of a few table spoon fulls of fuel down the
>throat of the carb and the engine will fire up without so much as a sputter
>and continue to run without further problems. My thoughts are as follows...
>1. accelerator pump in carb is bad, 2. carb is not holding fuel in it's bowl
>while resting and is empty when trying to start. 3. fuel pump damaged or 4.
>fuel filter is clogged. These are just my guesses. Thought someone out
>there might have had a similar problem. Thanks.
>John
>
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