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I'm getting quite frustrated now...the problem with my car has to be the carb, I can smell fuel....today it stalled and then i couldnt get it started cause the battery was almost dead anyways and the alt just keeps things charged properly...lucky work was a quick run away. It takes forever to start...first i thought it was cause it was lean and needed to be pumped full of gas, but i was wrong...i can sortaget it to start with out gas, but it will die about 3 times before i can actually rev it up to keep it running. I dont have the time or patience to deal with returning this carb (and paying extra for returning it) and possibly having problems with the next carb. I want to bore out this one again as i had good results with the last carb, but i'll take the fuel mixture part a little slower.
Why would enlaging the jet screw up the carb? wouldnt that just give a larger shot when u accelerate, or is there enough gas squirting out for it to work fine with the bored out venturi? the last carb actually had the most power with the massive jet, just ran waaaay to rich. and i dont know where the metering rod is set to so I'll just tighten it up a 1/2 turn to a full turn at a time. does it sound like the float could be too high? if i run my finger around the top gasket i can smell fuel on my finger, plus i can smell gas when its running....but what would explain the hard starting? timing maybe? i've adjusted it a few different times and it doesnt seem to start any better, just runs worse or slightly better than worse.
thanks for your help and wish me luck with this carb
Why would enlaging the jet screw up the carb? wouldnt that just give a larger shot when u accelerate, or is there enough gas squirting out for it to work fine with the bored out venturi? the last carb actually had the most power with the massive jet, just ran waaaay to rich. and i dont know where the metering rod is set to so I'll just tighten it up a 1/2 turn to a full turn at a time. does it sound like the float could be too high? if i run my finger around the top gasket i can smell fuel on my finger, plus i can smell gas when its running....but what would explain the hard starting? timing maybe? i've adjusted it a few different times and it doesnt seem to start any better, just runs worse or slightly better than worse.
thanks for your help and wish me luck with this carb