Re: holley 1bbl carb trouble

[speedyjeeper@xxxxxxxx]

You are correct Matt, the power valve was siezed in its cylinder.  It was tricky getting it out of there..long story short I freed it up and now the car runs great.  thanks to all.

On August 16, 2005 Matt Haas wrote:

> There's no adjustment on the 1931. There are a pair of springs to open it
> and it's closed by vacuum. The TSM describes how it works (FWIW, that's
> usually a good section to read before tearing into a carburetor).
> 
> Matt
> 
> At 10:13 AM 8/16/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >Sounds like a metering rod. It shouldn't be seated in the jet. The rod
> >should either be tapered or stepped. The rod moves up and down into the
> >hole to change the effective size of the jet. Sounds like yours is closing
> >the jet off, or making it to small at the wrong time. The rebuild
> >instructions should have had an adjustment guide for this part. If you
> >can't find it I'll take a look at a TSM, but will need to know the year
> >and model the carb came off of.
> >
> >On August 16, 2005 Rusty Quarterstaff wrote:
> >
> > > Hi folks, does anyone have knowledge of the holley model 1931 carb? I
> > put a rebuild kit in mine last night and everything went smooth but now
> > the car jumps off the line then kinda bogs or starves for gas.  one thing
> > that that I did do that could be wrong is when replaceing the accelerator
> > pump diaphram, I noticed on the metering block a rod and spring that
> > pointed into a hole that the main jet entered.  THe rod looked like it
> > was supposed to seat into that hole so I pressed the assembly down
> > further until it did seat..now the car runs like crap.  What does that
> > part do? is it supposed to be seated?  the main jet was a 55 if that
> > matters.  thanks for any input.
> > >
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