Big Green Meets the Mud and Barely Makes it Out Alive

[@Dumps3rFir3]

All the anticipation for that baby little rock 🤣

[@JsGarage]

lol

[@russianrick8403]

I guess the rock seems like a problem when your turning radius is like a 1/4 mile.

[@Thefutur604]

Right?? I was expecting something a little bigger 😂

[@jonellwanger7258]

Tight technical section guys!! that lone rock sitting off the side of the trial, trees nowhere near slight up grade in flat mud, 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ the hell...

[@dalejohnson9342]

My 78 Suburban with open differentials and stock lift would take care of the mud and the rock that you went over easily. I would suggest that you consider getting a Off Road Design lift if you want a good lift. I also think a rear locking diff would greatly help with the traction issues that you are having. I will have to re-wire my Burban as I have many of the same issues with lights and such with mine. The prior owner(s) cobbled many electrical things together. As for tires I think you should consider some Toyo mt tires. I have used them and they are reasonably quiet and still pull through the mud and other conditions very well.

[@EGGINFOOLS]

I thought big green had 33s? Anyway, make sure your fuel line isn't getting to hot from the exhaust pipe cause vapor lock.

[@sketcham9234]

Canadians make easy stuff so hard lol. My wife goes over bigger rocks than that when she come in our driveway!

[@intox69]

Canada has idiots too...

[@davidleeosbourne2727]

Steve Kay bigger rocks? Or bigger whatever rhymes rocks

[@jimshaw2968]

I had a 1978 Ford Bronco years ago that had a similar problem. We'd head for the high country and it always seemed that the engine would die and I'd have to let it sit for a while before it would start. A local mechanic finally found that the fuel filter was badly clogged...after the dealer couldn't even find anything wrong with it. Best wishes in your search for a fix.

[@mattdavies3023]

Had a similar issue with my 101FC a few years back where the fuel pump filter sock was being sucked closed under load and the engine would stall out. We fixed it by coiling a stainless steel wire inside the sock to prevent it from collapsing and it worked like a dream from that point on 👌

[@charlieporch3181]

After years of Chey trucks, I bought a Tundra. No more ghosts. It runs.

[@justinhardt1]

....? This is an older vehicle.. a whole different beast. Did you buy a 1985 Tundra?

[@charlieporch3181]

I still have a 97. It’s fine. I was lucky with this beast. All my other Cheys sucked. It’s the way they went. Today’s world* Toyota or Ford V-8. Just the way I see it.

[@FIREPHILSPENCER]

Charlie Porch After years of seeing Toyota trucks with massive frame rust, I'll stick to Chevy which are the majority of old trucks still on the road.

[@santosbarron3754]

Toyota = mid life crisis homosexual's truck.

[@kevinbaker3754]

It's seems like it's vapor locking???? I had a truck that did that.... every time I'd be playing or was hauling something and it got the temperature up. So frustrating.... nice truck though. Good luck finding the problem. Hey by the way ....pay up Dad deserves it!!!!! Lol

[@denisleblanc4506]

Classic frame flex from that gen pickup. Very obvious towards the end.

[@poormofo1]

You make the easiest trail look hard.

[@jonellwanger7258]

poormofo1 🤣🤣🤣🤣oh shit, 20 seconds in and this the first comment I see.

[@OverlandTT]

Great to see you looking after big green. It's a great truck and your energy is great 👍

[@BigMateo24]

First I would check the fuel filter to see if it was clogged. Then I would pull the tank and check the sending unit and pickup. The good news is that you have an old Chevy, it's literally one of the easiest vehicles to work on and parts are cheap.

[@statenmorgan962]

When you hit the mud that hard some water probably got on the distributor. Once it dried out a little it started back up no problem. This was common in these older trucks.

[@gabrielwocker3776]

Had similar problem with Buick engine, I had low voltage low voltage at he pump. When running it was only getting around 9 volts instead of the required battery voltage. This was causing the pump to intermittently stop and it would start after letting rest for half an hour or so. I fixed replacing the positive line from the ECU to the pump. Hope this helps.

[@gabrielwocker3776]

On vapor locking, my vehicle has a vent line from the tank to the charcoal canister, this one was clogged and the gas tank would be under high pressure, this pressure was making the injectors leak into the cylinders. The symptom the truck was having is that it would restart if I turned it off because the cylinders were flooded.

[@155system]

A very typical thing with these trucks is the rubber lines check all rubber lines and replace anything that looks old and if it's a dual tank check your switch and side they go out all the time

[@mrfordman9999]

My friend your problem is definitely fuel-related the best way to check this is to fill the tank all the way to the top and then try and recreate the problem if the problem persists it's not a fuel drop issue but perhaps a wiring issue

[@TheArkDoc]

I used to drive a Silverado. I didn't see a single thing in this video that is out of the ordinary.

[@paulm6481]

I see no trails, he is just going through trees 🙈

[@ismet_sxv]

Still off road

[@Sebastian_Dinwiddie]

Paul M trails? Where we’re going, we don’t need trails

[@JamieHitt]

With as many $80,000 trucks that get thrown around on these TFL channels, ...you'd think someone could invest some time and money in these older used trucks. Big Green and the little red Jeep Comanche deserve some serious upgrades.

[@MarkJones-sk6vk]

Articulation is helping more than tires would be my guess.

[@sgbradley]

The fuel filter has a valve in it and gets sticky, if you take it out dry it and blow into it with your mouth and see if the ball moves freely. I had the same engine in my Grand Prix and when ever I gunned it, it would stall too.

[@timfox2344]

Check your fuel line & make sure it’s clamped tight, not just clamped .... pull to see if it comes loose Had an old car that died on hard left turns, always made a strong gas smell. The fuel line to the fuel pump, was clamped, but loose, it’d disconnect on hard left turns, starve the motor, die, slide back into place & with loss of prime, be a bear to restart. The line was old & rigid, so it kept its shape. Wasn’t until I dropped a wrench while checking carburetor that I saw it come off easily

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I like this truck so much! I like mud also and yesterday I was stuck really nice! 😂

[@frankansley7941]

I had a 69 Camaro that had the same sort of problem and a new fuel pump fixed it. It would die at stop lights but not when going down the road. Don't know if you have replaced the pump or not

[@Offshore1977]

Awesome video once again. No matter what happens, it makes for excellent content.

[@eddiemartinez1170]

Maybe adding a sock filter in the gas tank, that way it doesn’t starve for fuel

[@LV4TD101]

If you're going to run mud, you have to lose that open air filter or that will suck in water to the motor. On the stalling issue, does it do it more when the gas tank is low on fuel? You might have an issue with the fuel pick up line in the tank, or if there is sediment or rust chunks they could work there way to the pick up line and clog it. Try doing donuts one way , then do them the other way and see when does it stall out, then check where the pick up line is on the tank and that might help rule it out.

[@dchawk81]

How clean are your battery terminals and how fresh are those juice boxes? Those two items will cause all kinds of goofy issues, intermittent and otherwise.

[@bt4b4]

Vapor locking !

[@ChuloGordo82]

Fuel sump get a baffled tank to keep the fuel pickup full.

[@A71-c6v]

You need to put the high pressure pump in the gas tank

[@cesar-sw3di]

Seems like your problem is actually in the tank itself lower the tank and remove the pump make sure you have the inner splash guard inside the tank the fuel splashing around without it especially driving like that might cause the fuel pump to suck in air someone might have changed it out and not installed it correctly or you could try a fuel cell

[@philtripe]

thats the junky aftermarket fuel pump...use a Nippondenso (they use those in Toyota) they are 100 percent reliable and when you sit at idle dont just throw it into first gear. initially put it into second gear and throw it into first...that way the gears aren't spinning and it wont grind when you put it into first and same thing for reverse if it wont go into gear, select first or send, then throw it into reverse but make sure you not moving

[@markbuilt]

I'd love that truck for a snowplow truck . Bring your toy up here to Northern Ontario we have side roads with more mud and water than your course but nice video and it's in Canada with no reference to Ford Produces (Roman Ford employee of the month)

[@mnpyton]

Check fuel pressure Check to see if fuel lines getting hot Check grounds

[@Eightball2516]

U should get an auto rear locker for that truck

[@jonb2139]

Haha I love your dad! Mine would say the same thing! Hopefully you get the issues fixed!

[@bigchevy350boy]

Easy fix.. Go back to the old school carborator. #NothinToIt I wouldn't trade my carb for anything lol. What a cool truck. Been following big green for awhile now.

[@ralphcasados8862]

I bet your fuel tank isn't baffled inside and your fuel is sloshing and your getting air in the line / loss of pressure. There is a bowl that can go around your pump if its in the tank to keep enough fuel so the pump doesn't starve out when your playing that you don't loose the pressure in the line.

[@cwyoming7004]

I've had similar issues, and mine turned out to be my electronic ignition.

[@zaboomerfooo]

I should get the 4 wheel drive fixed on my 94 Chevy a take it through the woods

[@Nikephorus]

Such a sweet truck. Hope you figure out what the issue is that's causing it to die randomly.

[@zaboomerfooo]

It might be the fuel pump or egr valve

[@braedon.builds]

I love this truck! Are there dents along the drivers box side? I’ve never noticed that before.

[@keithbrettell2058]

Yep...been there since day one.

[@birdsnestfishing698]

I would check for water in the distributor, sounds like it isn’t getting spark

[@jrhunt414]

Ill take 3 locking diffs and AT tires any day over open diffs and MTs. Mud tires are louder and don’t last as long and require a lot of rotation. Locking diffs can be unlocked but mud tires will always be mud tires. Plus 4 AT tires able to get traction is better than picking the worst traction tire front and rear with MTs. Next thing he’ll be driving a 2wd with MTs saying that’s better than a 4wd. Or even worse wanting that carburetor back again.

[@regsparkes6507]

I wonder if Roman is sobbing, having watched this?..I would be!

[@497843553]

I would have definitely would have checked the fuel filter

[@audiomaster]

Is that FiTech system just a total pile of garbage. Great motor, great truck that is ruined by horrible fuel delivery. When are you just going to ditch it?

[@KeystoneTexan]

I think it’s the sending unit inside the fuel pump causing your issues

[@joe1071]

Yes! Double down on the Jay's hat 🤣

[@neilmurphy845]

It sounds like a battery or power to the fuel pump

[@dm7097]

Yes let's bring out an untested truck into a small mud puddle! Makes perfect sense to me. Hey btw, problems do not fix themselves.

[@nikolaswells1392]

I think your over thinking it. Unless your out of gas you shouldn't have fuel delivery issues... It would put and loop before it quite, wouldn't just die all rando. Look at ignition timing, pull a spark plug look more in that direction. The cap all of that system.

[@artiebutleriii1058]

Really enjoy Stephens reviews

[@SchnelleKat]

You're on to something with your fuel issue Idea. Keep that truck clean, power wash it, get the dirt out, etc. All the less you will have to deal with for RUST.

[@ejesoriginal]

I would not discount out an electrical/ignition issue if you can't chase down a fuel issue...JM2C

[@paulcondie2520]

Awesome old school 4×4! Carb float issue?

[@darkpepsi]

Paul Condie No carburetor: it is fuel injection. Originally, it did have a carburetor but was removed and replace with the fuel injection: Roman and Gang had too many issues going off-road with the OEM carburetor, especially at high altitudes and steep angles.

[@paulcondie2520]

darkpepsi you right, i remember now!

[@Eightball2516]

Sounds like a fuel pump issue

[@FIREPHILSPENCER]

Beautiful truck

[@daredevil7442AUTOMOTIVE]

Dump that crappy FI system for a carb, need reliability when on a trail.

[@codyvance2832]

Holly carburetor? I had to put a quadrajet on my 81

[@darkpepsi]

Cody Vance Big Green used to have a Holley Carburetor: Roman and Gang wanted as a Carburetor when they put the new engine in, but; it would not work at all during off-road at high altitude and steep angles with inadequate air to fuel ratios that also came with flooding the engine with too much fuel. They had no choice but to go fuel injection in order to fix and eliminate that problem.

[@HydianWay]

Check your vacuum lines near and around the fuel tank. I bet one is pinched.

[@russianrick8403]

Ghost in the machine is a literary term. Watch more RCR.

[@speterbilt]

Did you put axle vent lins up higher?

[@Mike-mi3yw]

That sucks that it keeps dying like that. I love that truck, it’s got an awesome stance and classic look.

[@dontderockmeriz4546]

Seems like a vapor lock or a problem with a ground.

[@VetteRacin]

What happens when you get water in the carb?...I wonder..

[@randybryant9936]

I still love big green

[@adolfoabhurtadoc6106]

There is nothing more disapointing to see the owner of a cool truck being dissapinted because of an annoying stupid aftermarket fuel system. My father always says "the best is enemy of good". With that stupid high pressure fuel system you are having big problems (no able to check it with an OBD2 either), and for so little gain. Why dont change it for an old fashon reliable carburator? Shure you will loose a couple of horse power, but for off road, you need a reliable truck and that system is not. Please return to the old fashon way carb to see Big Green been a beast again!

[@eriktabor6478]

Water in the distributor cap?

[@S8BB]

Seems to die when you put any sort of stress in it. Personally not a fan of older trucks, and besides the history aspect, I fail to see the hype surrounding them.

[@john-okc450]

Axle Articulation NOT Tires. You never unweighted the tires.

[@arnoudjanschut]

Why inches? You are in Canada. So 241 cm in the front. Airdam is 53 cm.

[@jnmaher1967]

I agree with your dad, Roman pay up.

[@ismet_sxv]

That's awesome mannnn

[@The_Osprey]

Is the tank full? If so, probably not G related.

[@camerondavis2639]

Needs Mickey Thompson claws on it

[@philip600rr]

Check all grounds on truck....... Old truck = rusty grounds.

[@Eightball2516]

Not putting out enough fuel

[@bosse641]

I would never abuse my truck or jeep.

[@Captndarty]

Ah yes the green goblin. A turd in 85 and a turd in 19. Makes for good video drama content tho. 👍

[@solluna2155]

Fuel pump replacing.

[@DadDrummer75]

L O C K E R S!!! Please stop shaving bro. The beard suits you. Tell your wife that a random guy in the KZbin comments thinks you should always beard. That will totally work.

[@bmo2954]

"Big truck keeps dying" should be the title of your video's. Fix it or go home!

[@MaikaKanekoakeau]

old truck vapor lock

[@johnhead9544]

How can you have so many problems with the fuel system on a truck. Fix it. Thats not want I call mudding. Tires are not more important than lockers.Only if your wheeling in a water puddle.

[@elijahbrooks8589]

Hope you brought straps and a buddy

[@jedironin380]

Dad and a tractor, even better! :)

[@dchawk81]

Loaded diaper @ 9:03

[@jimsteele9289]

Wet distributor cap

[@gbastoni]

I could drive my wife’s accord up that road. Don’t get it.

[@johnlincicum6390]

Get rid of that stupid looking air filter cleaner. The exposed air filter and mud and water is a bad idea.

[@jkDLux1]

Your problem is that it's a Chevy not a Ford

[@davidleeosbourne2727]

fordvader leave ford on the pavement

[@shawncordeiro1150]

fuel pump

[@paulog8813]

Always wear seatbelts off-roading!!!!!

[@waynehicks317]

Its an old truck, no shoulder belts

[@paulog8813]

Wayne Hicks if that’s the case would be a good idea to adapt one

[@waynehicks317]

Eh why? No point. Lap belt does well enough on my 77 Cadillac so im sure its good enough in big green. Too much of a hastle and then u would needa drill into the truck

[@intox69]

...

[@ChevyNglockMan]

Just throw a carb on it n be done with the ghosts

[@Guerilla_G]

A civic could have done all of this

[@pryme2013]

Good one

[@jaekob2743]

This was lame. Honestly such a bad addition to the team.