Carb (1100 Autolite) Puking Fuel

[Poppy65]

Hi all
I know this is probably one of those really stupid moments but I'll chalk it up to inexperience. SO...

I was doing a compression test before really getting going on pulling my 200 and starting to restore the front end on back. So I figured..it's a beautiful SAturday, why not just check the compression for shits and giggles. Got through #1 and #2 (178/170 dry respectively) before my battery went belly up. So I had to hook things back up and jump the car (I don't have a charger yet) I reconnected the fuel line on the tank side of the pump. This is where I am pretty sure I went wrong....I wasn't thinking, I admit it. I took the distributor cap off as the lazy way instead of disconnecting the coil. So I hooked everything back up like I thought I took it off. Started the car and it sputtered, started, can real rough and belched atomized gas out the barrel on the carb. Gas was everywhere. I am pretty positive it wasn't a leak. Everything was fine before. It's sat for a couple of months but Ive never had a problem like this.

I'm guessing it's with the distributer and that I borked up the timing. Any suggestions? I am learning as I go and I figure this is something pretty stupid but eh...you learn from mistakes.

Thanks!

Jeremy

 

[bubba22349]

Since you said the car sat for a few months I think that your carbs Float is likely stuck. Varnish can gum up a carb pretty fast. Things you can try are to lightly tap on the carbs top with plastic hammer or very carefully with a small ball peen to see if it will loosen up again. You might also pull all the plugs to clean and gap them or replace while it's setting so that if it was flooded it can have time to dry out. If the tapping on top of carb doesn't loosen up the float, you will need to open the carb up and clean it and then at that point you probably should do a full rebuild with a new kit. If all you did is pull the distributor cap then your timing has not been changed so don't worry about that. Good luck

 

[Route--66--]

Agree with Bubba - I had same issue on my 1100 just after fitting a new fuel pump.

..tons of petrol being forced into the barrel - turns out a very small piece of brass swarf had broken free of the new fuel pump, run along the fuel line and was jamming the needle valve open, therefore forcing tons of fuel directly into the barrel.
Hope that helps

 

[chad]

unless he turned the cap (a plug or 2) when replacin it...

 

[wsa111]

Also check fuel pressure since a lot of replacement pumps have too much pressure.

 

[Poppy65]

Hey guys
Thanks a ton for the responses! I did a little percussive maintenance like Bubba suggested, re-checked all the plug wires and she started right up. I did notice fuel leaking around the inlet but just a little. I rebuilt the carb a few years ago and have maybe put 250mi on the car but it's been sitting quite a bit. Looks like that's back on my radar for rebuilding or replacing. Thanks bunch for the replies!


Jeremy