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Truck hesitation on a grade

Old Aug 10, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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Truck hesitation on a grade

When pulling into my favorite RV park after check in I have to drive up about a 6 -7 % grade for a short distance. Prblem is I am starting out from a dead stop and my Cummins tends to act like the engine is getting too much fuel, stutters. See sig for truck mods.

I have adjusted my Star wheel to increase fuelling a little but am wondering if I need to back it down some? It takes grades fine while doing highway driving but this short hill causes me some grief. My fiver is about #10,500

Any one else experience this?
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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 04:08 PM
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I noticed that with mine after I put my tranny in, it seemed kinda doggy and smoked like, well, you know. I left the AFC housing full forward and cranked the starwheel back to about the middle and now it seems to be a lot snappier off the line and it does not smoke as much. You may want to try that and see what you think.
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