AKMark
31 May 07, 10:12 pm
Well, thought I had better break in the new (to me) rig so headed to Kev's this afternoon and thought I'd tempt the slough.
Got stuck, couldn't get enough to get out of the crap, and dug a few holes that made life interesting and allowed water in the cab. I rolled down the back window, (never been so thankful for a power rear window in my life) and removed the hitch ball while Kevin got his K-5 in place to winch me out. The rear hitch sits a bit low on that thing so after pulling us back to the hill you decend (when attempting this obstacle) I decided to try it again instead of digging the hill to get up it backwards. Well, power seemed to be lacking and I got nowhere and sideways. So we hooked the winch back up and dug out the hill a little so that the hitch would at least not dig in too bad. By now my K-5 didn't want to restart, and had me confused. Kev pulls me up and out and back over to his house. We change the carb, as we think that might have been the problem. We verify we have fuel pressure, I knew I had fuel in the tank, and it won't start. Check the distributor cap, it's good. Frustrated we check the fuel line again and Kevin notes that after getting fuel all over his hands, he doesn't smell at all like gas. We test and verify that we're getting mostly water to the carb. WHOOPS! Before I leave I turn the ignition on and leave it on for a few minutes to notice the fuel guage which was around the 3/8's to 1/4 mark before this was attempted is now at the 3/4 mark. Hmmm.... Always wanted a vehicle that generated gas intead of burning it, but I don't think this one is good enough for a patent.
If all goes well, I may try to siphon the tank before the meeting Saturday.
I'm sure Kevin will post up the wonderful pics he took later.
Got stuck, couldn't get enough to get out of the crap, and dug a few holes that made life interesting and allowed water in the cab. I rolled down the back window, (never been so thankful for a power rear window in my life) and removed the hitch ball while Kevin got his K-5 in place to winch me out. The rear hitch sits a bit low on that thing so after pulling us back to the hill you decend (when attempting this obstacle) I decided to try it again instead of digging the hill to get up it backwards. Well, power seemed to be lacking and I got nowhere and sideways. So we hooked the winch back up and dug out the hill a little so that the hitch would at least not dig in too bad. By now my K-5 didn't want to restart, and had me confused. Kev pulls me up and out and back over to his house. We change the carb, as we think that might have been the problem. We verify we have fuel pressure, I knew I had fuel in the tank, and it won't start. Check the distributor cap, it's good. Frustrated we check the fuel line again and Kevin notes that after getting fuel all over his hands, he doesn't smell at all like gas. We test and verify that we're getting mostly water to the carb. WHOOPS! Before I leave I turn the ignition on and leave it on for a few minutes to notice the fuel guage which was around the 3/8's to 1/4 mark before this was attempted is now at the 3/4 mark. Hmmm.... Always wanted a vehicle that generated gas intead of burning it, but I don't think this one is good enough for a patent.
If all goes well, I may try to siphon the tank before the meeting Saturday.
I'm sure Kevin will post up the wonderful pics he took later.