87 ram 50 not starting

87 ram 50 not starting

Postby custom 50 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:09 am

so i decided today to spray some carb cleaner in the carb on the truck went to start it after and now it wont start turns over but wont start????
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Re: 87 ram 50 not starting

Postby wrngwae » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:34 pm

did it start with the staring fluid?????? is there spark??????
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Re: 87 ram 50 not starting

Postby custom 50 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:13 pm

yeah theres spark figuerd out for for some reason theres no fuel comin into the carb idk ill try again tommorow carbs dont like cold weather
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Re: 87 ram 50 not starting

Postby pennyman1 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:13 pm

Put dry gas in tank - could have frozen fuel line with water in gas. Use Isopropyl drygas it mixes with gas and burns cleanly. Also check fuel filter for clogging.
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Re: 87 ram 50 not starting

Postby wrngwae » Tue Jan 25, 2011 4:19 am

could also be your mechanical fuel pump too.
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Re: 87 ram 50 not starting

Postby custom 50 » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:35 am

so when i was takin the spark plugs out found out one of the damn things had been cross threaded so had to get that out then fix the threads luckly without gettin any shavings in the motor put it all back together and it started up?? lol who knows? its runnin good now though
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