V6 sluggish

LOL!
No aphids to collect today?

 

Hows the fuel filter ?

 

Sparky
Just thougth it might be restricting some of the fuel flow. I had a problem with a jeep that was ok at slow speeds but would bog out when going through the gears getting up to highway speeds. It was starving for fuel. Had the screen on inlet side of the carb junked with some rust flakes. Not a total blockage, but just enough. Cleaned it up and put a new gas tank and my problem went away.


Can you remove the inlet gas line and get a helper to turn the motor over and see if you are getting pleanty of fuel?


Regards
Cliff

 

just out of curiosity, was it an hei you were putting back in?? i swore up and down i had mine in right, but the pickup wasn't in the firing postion or something. even pushed the jeep forward with #1 in so i knew it was on a compression stroke and set at TDC #1 on the distributor, but still got it 180 out. I still can't explaint it except for the pickup not being in the position to fire at that position... kinda like the points being reverse what they should be if putting an older unit in??

 

SPARKY -- So, my rig is doing similar things, it is very sluggish and barely makes it up climbs. The rod for the vacuum advance is working, just made sure. However, Sparky, you said yours was out 180* and that your passenger side exhaust was cold. Mine is warm, not hot though. I think it is slightly colder than driver side, but it isn't just blowing cold air. Does this mean my rig is not out 180*? I tried switching the wires around on the top of the distributor. Switched 1 and 4, 2 and 5, 3 and 6. The rig didn't fire right away, and actually backfired, but never fired up. I switched the wires back to the way they were, and it fired immediately. What other things might be the culprit for my sluggishness? Any help is appreciated. (oh, and it sounds like the rig stumbles just a bit when listening to the passenger side exhaust, but not the driver side exhaust, this have anything to do with anything?)