85 CJ7 Won't start...

[LoveableLaLa]

Hi all,

Im new to Jeeps and the forum. The other day, I installed a new choke pull off and a stock air cleaner. The old choke pull off was all "brown" and the old air cleaner was MIA. It started fine and I was able to drive it a little ways but then it cut off and wouldn't start back up. With help from a passerby, I pushed it in to a parking lot. I took off the air cleaner lid and she finally started and I made it to my destination without any more problems. 30 mins later, I couldn't get it to start again. After about 2 more hours, it started again but I only got a block before it cut off. I took the air cleaner all the way off but but still haven't been able to get it started again. Today I changed the fuel filter because it was mentioned on a diff forum as a potential problem. Thoughts, ideas and advice are all much appreciated!

 

[SteelHeadz]

Double check the choke adjustment. Make sure that the butterfly on the carburator is fully opened when the choke is disengaged. A good indication if the choke is the culprit would be a fuel saturated spark plugs or a rich burn mark on the electrodes of the spark plugs.

 

[LoveableLaLa]

Double check the choke adjustment. Make sure that the butterfly on the carburator is fully opened when the choke is disengaged. A good indication if the choke is the culprit would be a fuel saturated spark plugs or a rich burn mark on the electrodes of the spark plugs.

Can you dumb it down a bit for me, please? :???:

 

[Turbogus]

Not on my CJ, but on my van with with a YF 1V carb, buildup near the choke plate caused the butterfly to actually stick in the closed position. Took a while to find this out on account of the Rube Goldberg air cleaner found on old Ford vans with the 300 motor.