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Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

jason rosalis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:53:56 GMT

I figured the breather didn't much matter, but I did change the grommet anyway. Yes, I did forget to mention, I swapped out the needle and seats and still

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Sean MELDRUM — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:57:48 GMT

Grommet on breather won't matter. The breather is just that...it's open. ... -- Sent from my mobile device ================================= Sean Meldrum

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Gary — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:47:23 GMT

I had a similar problem using the blue gaskets, went back to the brown ones and it worked fine... no clue why...

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Sean MELDRUM — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:30:44 GMT

Try the needle and seat? On 11/1/09, jason rosalis wrote: > Ah, well, I checked the PV gasket and accelerator pump with no luck. I

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

jason rosalis — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:11:22 GMT

I did buy a Holley specific kit in the hopes of avoiding just such a problem. I did go through and recheck the gaskets and how the holes lined up and they

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

John Stephenson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:57:14 GMT

Jason what brand rebuild kit did you use? IIRC I had this same problem a time or two and it was a gasket on backwards or without the hole in the correct place.

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

jason rosalis — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:39:57 GMT

Ah, well, I checked the PV gasket and accelerator pump with no luck. I baselined the carb, reset the timing, reset the idle mix, and reset the idle set screw

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Solow K — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:29:26 GMT

Did you remember to put the little check balls or cylinder in the tube under the accelerator pump squirters (beneath the screw that holds the squirter in

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Roadterra@... — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:25:31 GMT

YOU MIGHT CHECK THE POWER VALVES.THERE ARE 2 DIFF STYLE GASKETS.HAVE TO USE THE CORECT In a message dated 10/30/2009 5:05:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Sean MELDRUM — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:36:50 GMT

It's been awhile since I played w/ the DMM to read an O2 sensor (and mine was narrow band) but basically the closer to get to 1v, the leaner you are. You can

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

mike reynolds — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:05:08 GMT

sounds like you have covered about everything jay!! is the fuel dripping or squirting? i guess that you have checked the needle and seat good. To:

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

jason rosalis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:04:56 GMT

Sean, I like the needle and seat theory!! I threw the old ones out, but I will swap the one from the rear bowl to the front and see if there is a

Re: Carb not running right after rebuild

Sean MELDRUM — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:44:48 GMT

Hi Jay, Have you tried putting the old needle and seat back in? It really sounds like it's pushing past that. It doesn't take much and it's possible, the

Carb not running right after rebuild

jason rosalis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:51:49 GMT

Well, I haven't posted here in quite a while and I'm not sure who is still around, but I am about at my wits end with this issue and really need some advice.

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