allan rebuilt everything. i was told to pull a plug wire off and see if theres a spark when i try to crank it and get a fuel pressure guage hooked up to it. so maybe its the distrbutor? will run tests tomorrow

 

Can't be the distributor, as you have direct ignition with one coil per cylinder. I'd definitely perform the tests you mentioned, as well as checking all connections and grounds.

 

Maybe he broke the pressure sender........ I broke mine when I swapped.

 

ok...got it figured out....listen up:

I realized that the oil pressure guage doesn't rise until the truck is cranked...ruled that out.

Ran the spark plug test...that passed.
Got a fuel pressure guage and hooked it up. The pump was turning on with the truck, but was reading 0 fuel pressure. Called Allan and we determined it was a kink in the hose somewhere. So I pulled the bed off, and pulled the pump out of the tank. The rubber sending hose on the pump came unclamped under the sender. Re-clamped it, tight, put it back together....cranked right up...consistent 53lbs. WOOO HOOOO

took it for a drive....runs like an an absolute BEAST! Ordering smaller pulley tomorrow.

THANKS ALLAN!!!

-cbass-

 

Glad to hear you got everything worked out. Ordering a smaller pulley huh?, jeeze always wanting more. I wouldn't know anything about that....

 

glad allan got you fixed up

but now you gotta drive all the way back to walker to get tuned for that smaller pulley