Brand new on here and glad to see some mini truck love. I've got a beat up old '81 that I've had since HS and its been a dream to own. Never needed anything beyond oil change,new tires,and other regular maintenance. She's acting up now though. Rough time starting and staying going for a bit unless I give it some gas and seems to die out at 1500 RPM unless I really gun it. Any clue what could be the issue?

 

fuel filter? alternator?

 

My vote is the carb... maybe needs a rebuild?

 

I was figuring a carb issue. how much work goes into rebuilding one of the 22R carbs? never really undertaken a fix like that mostly just stuck to small things.

 

had a valve adjustment and timeing chain in its life? those are things to do that will cause this issues and worse if left ignored.

 

i would leave it to professionals... rh carbs off of sandy blvd in portland just rebuilt mine. $135

 

thanks,ill look up some places here in bremerton.

 

Most guys usually just throw a Weber on and be done with it. Do a search for Weber on here and you'll get more than enough info.

 

i would say the carb as well the stock ones are not worth rebuilding there junk put a weber on and you will get a bit of a power gain with better gas mileage

 

Thanks for the info. I was looking up the Weber 32/36 w/ adapter kit from NWOR. Heard good reviews about them.