My brother and I decided that I should take my old 1985 Tundra up to our cabin and leave it there as a backup-plan.
So before taking it up there, I decided to go through it. 100 PSI compression, top end. bore out to .010 over and match the piston. Connectors are all messed up in the wiring, re-do all the wiring, and just go through everything in general
So 2 weeks later, I got it all back together, give it 3 primes and it starts 4th pull. (fuel wasn't fully pumping yet).
Starts and runs, but acts like it is running very rich. Watch it for a bit keeping the throttle pulled to keep it running and I notice fuel is flowing through the primer tubes...a lot. Pinch the primer line and it runs and idles perfectly. Ah ha! Bad primer.
I don't have a spare, but have other old ones. I pull the primers apart and find the bad one uses a rubber diaphragm for the valves. Found another with the same diaphragm in better condition and swap them. Works perfectly! Put it in, the 1985 Tundra lives again!
I do have an issue with the track going off to one side. I loosened the track all the way up and it is still very tight. I'll probably just tighten up the side that it is tracking towards and see if I can straighten it out.
So before taking it up there, I decided to go through it. 100 PSI compression, top end. bore out to .010 over and match the piston. Connectors are all messed up in the wiring, re-do all the wiring, and just go through everything in general
So 2 weeks later, I got it all back together, give it 3 primes and it starts 4th pull. (fuel wasn't fully pumping yet).
Starts and runs, but acts like it is running very rich. Watch it for a bit keeping the throttle pulled to keep it running and I notice fuel is flowing through the primer tubes...a lot. Pinch the primer line and it runs and idles perfectly. Ah ha! Bad primer.
I don't have a spare, but have other old ones. I pull the primers apart and find the bad one uses a rubber diaphragm for the valves. Found another with the same diaphragm in better condition and swap them. Works perfectly! Put it in, the 1985 Tundra lives again!
I do have an issue with the track going off to one side. I loosened the track all the way up and it is still very tight. I'll probably just tighten up the side that it is tracking towards and see if I can straighten it out.
My old Tundra
