JohnL's trusty steed.

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

John,

        That's the IH bug returning the favor for all the towing you did!

But, Seriously, did you check the vacuum advance?  Did the hose come off or 
leak.  This sounds like a vacuum problem to me.  If it runs with the throttle 
open when/where you have lower vacuum, then what NEEDS vacuum?  I'm curious what
kind of magical vacuum goodies are hiding in the toybox you have for an engine 
bay!  Maybe the advance can diaphragm went too?  Check that with a mity-vac, or 
by mouth to verify.  Just put a piece of vacuum hose on the advance can while 
someone holds the idle (with the pedal or hands on the linkage at the carb) and 
suck the air out of the pipe.  If the engine speeds up, good, it MAY be OK.  
Then hold your tongue to stop off the vacuum.  If the engine slows and the pipe 
is not 'stuck' to your tongue, there's your culprit.  Substitute Mity-vac for 
tongue in the previous statement, if available.

        If the IH bug struck in the driveway, it would know that we were 
prepared.  I'm still remembering three days in a row about 5 years ago, the gold
box would sputter out at the same intersection (5 miles from home) in morning 
rush hour traffic.  Sure enough three days in a row, I ended up pushing my 
scout, alone, through 3 lanes of idiot arizona traffic!  Why do people continue 
to honk while I'm pushing a truck?  Do they actually, genuinely (sp.?) think 
that I maybe, just maybe, would push harder if they honk?  stupid.


        Let us know,  Good luck, and thanks again.

     -Joel Brodsky

         '76 IHC Scout II 345/tf727 RE8000, Cibie40s, custom 
                rear tire rack, 6 different color body panels.
                Not much sport, all utility.
         '75 IHC Travelall 150 4wd 392/tf727 Hummer brush guard, 
                3/4T rear springs, Hella Rallye 2000s, Con-Ferr 5x7,
                Class IV hitches front and rear, 3" Exhaust.
                1st Place, Rocky Mountain IH Rendezvous,
                3rd Place, Tulare IH Western Regionals

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:03:32 GMT
From: jlandry@domain.elided (John A. Landry)
Subject: The Commute From Hell!

Well, it was my turn this morning for the commute from hell!
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Why is it that an engine will never fail right as you pull into your
driveway?  Any one have any ideas?
John
 jlandry AT halcyon DOT com       |