I was driving my old truck yesterday and the carb has been getting further and further out of adjustment until the point where I was outside of my work, neck tie and all, working on my truck on the lunch break.
I managed to free one of the stuck floats in the carb, and took it for a victory spin up to Arby’s for some lunch. I pulled into their lot and the truck started to crap out on me. It died and I went out to pop the hood, and as I was looking into the dining room windows…
BAMMMMM!
My truck laid the biggest backfire I had ever heard in my life. Everyone in Arby’s hit the deck. I fished out the offending piece of crap that was stuck in the carb, and it started up just fine, but a bit louder. I kill it and peep under the bed of the truck. Yep, the muffler has a huge hole in it now.
I went into Arby’s to get some food, and everyone looked me over really well.
Some of them were doing a little bit extra laundry last night… 