I guess I missed a fun time.

 

Thats what friends do!! Dont worry about it. Have you diagnosed her condition yet, is she on life support.....lol





QUOTE=hoang5659;10666513]wow! i got home at 1230... this is definitely one to remember. car flooded and we had a hell of a time trying to get it started. im talking about flames coming out of the exhaust. the muffler was cherry red from all the back firing. lol in the end, i had to call AAA to tow her home. **** happens sometimes... thats why i got the AAA membership. better safe then sorry. woot!

finally, i want to thank everyone that stuck around to help me in my time of need. i owe you guys a round of beers. especially keith for pulling me around the parking lot (to kick start the maztang). also, special thanks to john (twisted rotor), hector, david and the gentleman in the blue vert (sorry cant remember your name) for lending a hand. also, last but not least thanks to joseph and johnathon for helping me push the car into my garage once the tow truck put her down. man i owe alot of beers... lol till next month! i cant wait to find out what the hell happened...[/QUOTE]

 

well i tried to start her up yesterday... she is definitely flooded. almost got her to turn over but then it stopped cranking. i think i fried the starter. lol i'll try to replace the starter and go from there. frack! i guess half the fun is diagnosing the problems. wish me luck!

 

How are you de-flooding it?

It only flooded after being on while warming up. It would seem like you have some sort of tuning issue. You need to fix that as well before you drive it anymore, unless you want to risk flooding the car again away from home.

 

i am familiar with the deflooding procedure on fuel injected engines... this car use to be injected. i put a carb on it and am a little unfamiliar with the procedure with a carb. i am assuming the procedures are very similar. i'll have to check if i need a new starter before i can move forward.

you are absolutely correct about the tuning... the carb is a new addition and this is the first time i flooded it with the carb on. i think i will rebuild the carb before i take it out again. thanks for the tip.

 

^^^ Hate to be a dick here and ask but - have you checked the compression on it?

 

hit the starter with a hammer few times, see if you can bring it back to life

 

no i havent. the engine is fairly new... it have maybe 10k on the rebuild. i will put that on my list of to dos. thanks

 

the starter has been on the fritz for a while now. i know i need to replace it.