[AMC-List] Need some carb help

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Well, my wagon is continuing it's tradition of fighting me whenever it can. 
I took it to a show last weekend that was a little over 100 miles away and 
it ran great on the highway but wouldn't idle at all. I chalked it up to 
junk in the carburetor so when I got back, I ordered a carb rebuild kit. I 
took the carburetor apart and cleaned it all up (there was a lot of trash 
in it) and put it back together today. The car started up okay, ran great 
for about 10 seconds and died. When I tried to restart it, fuel came out of 
the vent tube. My first try at fixing this was to re-install the old needle 
valve which didn't help. I also re-checked the float level (twice) and it's 
okay according to the rebuilt kit instructions and I also snugged up the 
metering block but I'm still having the same problem. The carburetor is a 
Holley model 1931.

Any ideas where I went wrong?

Thanks,

Matt

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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