OT Needing some help with my Chev truck

Got an odd problem and it's got me stumped.

86 Chev 1 ton pickup. 454 auto.

The choke light came on and stayed on. Same for the fast idle circuit. Choke stays about 3/4 closed.

Needless to say gas milage shot to hell and it was terrible before this.

I'm thinking an electrical short due to the fact that if I disconnect the choke wire the choke light still stays on.

And my wife cleaned my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned thing. I wanted my multi-meter or test lights. No friggen luck finding those.

I had this truck for 10 years but it's never really had a problem before except the normal stuff like master cyl and power steering pump.

Only thing I've found for sure was a rotted vacuum line, couple of muddauber nests and a big mouse nest.

Anybody got a clue as to where to check ?

Randy

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rjmacres
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same sorry system that my 83 had, i'm sure.... computer controlled carbureter. the choke light only comes on if the circuit is broken... so you can either use a meter or test light(once the wife confesses to where she hit them) to test for power to the coil, or bypass that wire and run positive from the battery(or the double lug on the firewall near the brake booster that is fulltime hot) to test it yourself....my bet is on the element being shorted/burned out. i took the computer and everything out of my 83 and chucked it into the trashcan when i put in a larger camshaft and aftermarket carb.... best thing i did to that truck....

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Joey Tribiani

Thanks. I'm taking it down to a friends tommorow. Good mechanic and his wife isn't allowed in his shop. At least we should be able to find his meter and light.

I'm still trying to figure out why they would rivit the choke cover holder in place. Silly bastards.

If and when I can get my big trailers sold this truck will be going down the road. Truck is in great shape but I want an early 70's 1/2 ton.

Randy

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rjmacres

yes, they are... you can drill the rivets out and replace with small selftapping screws...

i'd love a 72....

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Joey Tribiani

I missed a chance on a cherry 72 a few months ago. It was near perfect and real low miles. Friends bother snapped it up before I got the chance. But I'm patient and will find one. There is a shop about 20 miles down a back road that finds, fixes and sells older Chev trucks at pretty reasonable prices. Friend & I are slowly working thru a 56 Chev truck he picked up a year or so ago. Pretty decent shape and only had 36K original miles on it. Lack of driving it causes a whole new set of problems to deal with.

Randy

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rjmacres

All down to emission standards/regulations. If it was open, you could adjust the choke and fatten up the mixture during initial warm up and also prolong the warm up period.

J.

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P.J.Berg

#^$&&*&%( Fuse was blown and I had a spare. Put it in, fired it up and fuse blew right away. And it was my last extra fuse. Shit. So I'm basicly back to looking for a short. Double shit. Can't find my test light or working multi-meter. Triple shit. Wife decided to clean and rearrange my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned thing. I'm just in a royally pissed off mood this morning so I think I will go out and hunt wild dogs for awhile.

I would run to town and get more fuses and tester but am going there tommorow anyways so will pick them up then. Town is 14 miles away and with the windy roads it takes about 1/2 hour to get there.

And it's hot and muggy out. I really need to go kill a wild dog or 2 or 3.

Randy

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rjmacres

#^$&&*&%( Fuse was blown and I had a spare. Put it in, fired it up and fuse blew right away. And it was my last extra fuse. Shit. So I'm basicly back to looking for a short. Double shit. Can't find my test light or working multi-meter. Triple shit. Wife decided to clean and rearrange my shop awhile back and I can't find a damned thing. I'm just in a royally pissed off mood this morning so I think I will go out and hunt wild dogs for awhile.

I would run to town and get more fuses and tester but am going there tommorow anyways so will pick them up then. Town is 14 miles away and with the windy roads it takes about 1/2 hour to get there.

And it's hot and muggy out. I really need to go kill a wild dog or 2 or 3.

Randy

Yeah having trouble with my VW fuel system too so I think I'll club some feral kittens to death and I will be right as rain............

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Mac

Ah, you must have thought I was being mean, cruel or just an asshole with the wild dog comment. Sorry but I wasn't. We have large packs of them here, they are aggressive and very dangerous. They have tried to attack me on more then 1 occasion. They cost me over 10k in livestock last year alone. And several pairs of shorts. They are so aggressive that if I'm out working fences down by the roads or woods I better be carrying a handgun and have the shotgun handy. 2 of them about got me last week when I was focused on a fencing job. They snuck up out of the woods and would have eaten my butt but 1 made a little barking noise to soon.

You need to be around when they are in the woods nearby and working themselves up in a frenzy. You get 50 or so dogs going like that and you will be standing guard all night as you know they are going to be out hunting and killing.

Randy

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rjmacres

Ah, you must have thought I was being mean, cruel or just an asshole with the wild dog comment. Sorry but I wasn't. We have large packs of them here, they are aggressive and very dangerous. They have tried to attack me on more then 1 occasion. They cost me over 10k in livestock last year alone. And several pairs of shorts. They are so aggressive that if I'm out working fences down by the roads or woods I better be carrying a handgun and have the shotgun handy. 2 of them about got me last week when I was focused on a fencing job. They snuck up out of the woods and would have eaten my butt but 1 made a little barking noise to soon.

You need to be around when they are in the woods nearby and working themselves up in a frenzy. You get 50 or so dogs going like that and you will be standing guard all night as you know they are going to be out hunting and killing.

Randy

Well yes I actually thought you were being an asshole but when put that way I suppose I would do the same in that situation. You must be WAY out in the sticks to have that many wild dogs around......

Mac

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Mac

Yep, we're pretty far out in the boonies. Had some idiot neighbors who brought in a bunch of dogs and turned them loose in the woods to fend for themselves. It's been a real nightmare to deal with. After they learned to survive they started cross breeding with coyotes and a few with wolves. Those cross breeds are fearless and big. The wolf dogs show up every so often. I thought I had all those taken care of awhile ago but they're back. If you go into the woods hunting those dogs, the wolf dogs are hunting you and they are much better hunters then me. My wife has had to save my butt several times from the wolf dogs.

Had visitors for a few days and nights this past week. The guy is someone to be feared and when he heard all those dogs working themselves up into a frenzy he got a little nervous but he stuck it out with rifle in hand. He said he would rather hunt men again rather then hunt those dogs. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Our livestock guard dogs have been over run so bad that 1 of them just didn't want to guard anymore. She decided right then and there that she wanted to become a house dog and she always hated being inside a building. So we got her 3 more guard dogs to help her out.

Randy

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rjmacres

did you warn that friend that his brother can cost him his friend status? LOL

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Joey Tribiani

you don't really have to be out in the boonies to have problems... but you gotta get a bit further than a few blocks from main street.... i'm only about 7 miles from the city limits(and 4 miles of that is in the county area that is fairly well populated by both homes and businesses) and we have coyotes-a-plenty that are causing problems...

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Joey Tribiani

I'd say if she's that handy to have around, overlooking her hiding your test light and meter is a small price to pay....

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Joey Tribiani

We're only 14 miles out but it's a long 14 miles. Not many neighbors around us. I don't worry to much about the normal wildlife like the coyotes, thats what we have great pyreneese dogs for and they do a good job. It's those damned wild dogs that get to me.

We had to change lots of fencing over to electric & barbed wire. 10 strands with every other wire hot and the others ground. And I had to get the hottest electric fence chargers I could find. 1 for each field. But they do give me some pleasure when I hear a wild dog try those fences in the middle of the night.

Randy

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rjmacres

And she's a great cook to boot.

Randy

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rjmacres

a good shot, and a great cook.... sounds like you are Blessed.... give her a big ole hug...

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Joey Tribiani

Even my parents said she was to good for me.

She's a real good shot. She had never even picked up a gun until a couple years ago. Damned if she wasn't a natural with a gun. I haven't quite figured out how she does it but she doesn't miss very often.

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rjmacres

and *that* is enough to keep a fellow respectful too....LOL

Reply to
Joey Tribiani

You aren't wrong there.

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rjmacres

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