Hey folks,
I completed a carburetor swap on my '66 Fairlane. I had an Autolite 1100 mated to a late '70s large log head using an adaptor from Vintage Inlines (which is a great product by the way). The old 1100 was begging for a rebuild but taking advice from posts here on FordSix I decided to upgrade rather than rebuild, and an RBS seemed to be the way to go. I picked up two good RBS carbs for $40 Canadian which is about $30 US. Since I've never rebuilt a carb I decided to have a professional rebuild one for me and figure that I'll take a stab at the other one some time.
Anyway, I installed the RBS myself which I am pretty proud of since I've never changed a carb before. Since it's pretty straight forward I was not particularly worried. I used an adaptor / spacer I bought from a member here on FordSix. So a big shout out and thank you to revherbel! To my surprise I seem to have got it right on the first attempt and I now have it tuned up and the engine runs like a champ. It is heads and tails above the performance of the Autolite (at least the one I had). It runs much smoother at all rpms and idles nicely at a little over 500 rpm and has way more get up and go then before and seems to need far less gas to get around town, I hardly have to touch the gas pedal!
The only concern is that if I do stomp on the gas (which is very tempting now) I can smell a little raw gas and so there must be a small leak somewhere. Short of strapping my girlfriend under the hood while we're driving (which she said 'no' to) I'm not sure how to go about sorting this leak. Where should I look for / expect to find this gas leak? I should reinforce that I expect it is a very small leak because it only happens if I really stand on it.
Thanks in advance,
CC
I completed a carburetor swap on my '66 Fairlane. I had an Autolite 1100 mated to a late '70s large log head using an adaptor from Vintage Inlines (which is a great product by the way). The old 1100 was begging for a rebuild but taking advice from posts here on FordSix I decided to upgrade rather than rebuild, and an RBS seemed to be the way to go. I picked up two good RBS carbs for $40 Canadian which is about $30 US. Since I've never rebuilt a carb I decided to have a professional rebuild one for me and figure that I'll take a stab at the other one some time.
Anyway, I installed the RBS myself which I am pretty proud of since I've never changed a carb before. Since it's pretty straight forward I was not particularly worried. I used an adaptor / spacer I bought from a member here on FordSix. So a big shout out and thank you to revherbel! To my surprise I seem to have got it right on the first attempt and I now have it tuned up and the engine runs like a champ. It is heads and tails above the performance of the Autolite (at least the one I had). It runs much smoother at all rpms and idles nicely at a little over 500 rpm and has way more get up and go then before and seems to need far less gas to get around town, I hardly have to touch the gas pedal!
The only concern is that if I do stomp on the gas (which is very tempting now) I can smell a little raw gas and so there must be a small leak somewhere. Short of strapping my girlfriend under the hood while we're driving (which she said 'no' to) I'm not sure how to go about sorting this leak. Where should I look for / expect to find this gas leak? I should reinforce that I expect it is a very small leak because it only happens if I really stand on it.
Thanks in advance,
CC