Morning warm up

[1978FORD]

my 1978 take a little bit to warm up in the morning is that uncommon and is there a way to stop that???

 

[Unit453]

Like to warm up faster?

Its around a 400 ci right? Do you know what thermostat is in it?

You want it to warm up faster because it runs rough or what exactly are you looking for?

 

[1978FORD]

idk what kind of thermo is in it and yeah it runs real rough i have to run the RPM up a little to a few sec and then it will run fine

 

[Unit453]

Be glad you dont walk outside and see this...

I had to clean it off a bit to prove there was a car under there...

You have any pictures of the motor?

 

[1978FORD]

i dont have any now i will take some tomorrow, BTY when it rains it runs rough sometimes do u think water is getting some were???

 

[Unit453]

Could be the air to fuel mixture within your carb but I dont know enough about carbs to tell you for sure.

 

[1978FORD]

thats alright i will post pics tomorrow and will bring it monday to school

 

[Acesneights1]

It's normal for a ford or any carb vehichle to run rough when first started. Especially if it's the factory 2bbl fomoco carb.Problem is people are so used to fuel injection they forgot what carbs were like. If it runs rough when raining you could be due for a set of spark plug wires. Try spraying them with wd40 when dry and see if that helps or run the truck at night in ptich black and look for blue "spderwebs" running up and down the wires.

 

[Schwind]

when i had my 3/4 ton with a 390 in it it would run ruff in the morning as well. it was really bad on humid days. Replaced the distributor cap and rotor helped. try spraying WD-40 inside the distributor cap and wype it down then see if runs better the next mornin.