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08843 Re: Car (Plow truck) Problems....
   DE - I have a 1994 Exploder - it would not even crank due to the anti-...
monkeytrots   GRITZ   28 May 2025
1:25 AM
08833 Re: Car (Plow truck) Problems....
   Perhaps you guys will have an idea.

We picked up the plow truck on Sunday. It started easily. I tested the brakes by driving a few yards, then backed it to where it had initially been and turned it off. Ten minutes later, I started it again and we drove 5 miles to the auctioneer's house. During that drive, I stalled it once at a stop but that was my fault. It started right up. We drove it to the house and turned it off. The auctioneer's wife came out and chatted with us, then asked us if we could move it fifty feet or so - which I was happy to do. Again, it started easily.

Today (Tuesday) though, it won't start. The engine turns over - sounding nice and strong, but it doesn't catch. I had the bright idea of spraying its carburetor with ether, but on the way to an auto parts store for starter fluid or ether my wife asked "Does it even have a carburetor?" Duh! No, it does not. Ford stopped putting carbs into its trucks in 1986. Our truck is a 1998 Ford F-150 V8 with manual transmission (a clutch). So it's got fuel injection instead of a carburetor. We were at the auto parts store by the time my wife could look that up, and the store personnel told me the same thing. No carburetor.

This also means that it didn't flood. Flooding is a carburetor issue, I believe.

Before anyone asks, the truck has just under half a tank of gas (unless the meter sticks, of course. I don't think that's the problem.)

Do you guys have any thoughts? It was starting easily on Sunday. Tuesday? Nothin'.

We're planning on calling for a tow truck in the morning.