Something weird's going on...

[Mercury Mike]

So... when my torque converter lost a couple of teeth, I had to turn the engine over by hand until the starter would catch some teeth. That's fine. I took the converter shield off, got the teeth out, and it is okay. Just fighting carb problems now, but that's been the same since I can remember with this damn 40 year old carburetor. No matter how many kits I put into it, and no matter how many times I put it to spec, I can only get it better, never perfect. Well... I started it up to go to work, and it ran real bad, so I messed with the carb, and if I continuously tabbed near the needle, it would run pretty good, but when I stopped tapping, it died. I am hella tired of this carb. I am thinking of pony-carbing an 1100, so that I can have a really good carb to work with for sure. Then when it finally died, it like... screeched/squealed when it stopped. It was a noise that I never heard an engine make when the engine stopped turning over. Anyone else ever heard that?! What the hell is it?!

 

[The Plankster Prankster]

most carbs have a useable life of about 10 years, assuming normal maintenance, so i'm not surprised that its been nothing but trouble. this is generally caused by passages that cannot be easily accessed, which become clogged and thus cause problems. the only way to overcome this (besides replacing the carb) is to pull off every cap and plug in the carb and clean every single passage and orifice that you never knew existed, all the while being careful to not enlarge anything past what it once was. difficult at best.
the new carb is your best bet, but i dont have the experience on your engine to tell you which carb to get
--josh

 

[Mercury Mike]

Gonna have Pony Carburetors do a Concours on my Autolite 1100. I figure hell, that's gonna look good, feel good, run good, and if it doesn't, it'll have a damn good warranty! =) Thanks for your input, I was kind of thinking the same thing.

 

[Anonymous]

How well is your fuel pump working?....

 

[Mercury Mike]

I'm getting a lot of gas. However, on the 1940, the accelerator pump just won't work! The spring won't work, or something. If I operate the pump with the pump arm linkage, it will give me a BIG squirt. If I operate it with the pedal though, the pump won't move and give me a good shot. It will move really slowly. I must've opened that carb up 50 times and it will work for a little while, but then it will quit on me again. I haven't quite gotten it figured out yet. I'll keep fiddling with the 1940, but I have been eyeballing a pony carb for quite sometime. I figure, it's worth it not only in operation, but in nostalgia. I'm gonna go concours just for the hell of it. =) I am making good money now, and it's something I want and it will make me happy to see it mounted on my engine looking like that, so it's basically worth it to me. I think this will be my stock 200, with maybe a pertronix upgrade, and little such things like that. I'm looking at a '63 four door Futura with my bud, and I think that would be more fun to build up, since my Mustang is my daily driver and it's important that it runs good constantly. =) I can go out and play in the truck and the falcon, and the mustang too, just the other two will be a little faster. =))) I am still wondering what the hell that squeaking was. It was at the front of the engine. Think it could have been the water pump, due to the abrupt stop?

 

[woodbutcher]

A few years ago a friend had some major problems with a carb that was on a 57Chebby.Car had been unused for about 20 years.Kept in a garage.To finally get the carb really clean a friend of his put the carb in a sonic cleaning machine.Took 3 days in that thing,but it was spotless inside and out.
Leo