Re: [AMC-List] Need some carb help

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure where I went wrong but after having the stupid carb apart a 
couple of times, I finally got it working right. Car runs great now and it 
only needs a few more things to get it ready for Dayton.

Matt

At 03:20 PM 7/15/2006 -0400, Matt Haas wrote:
>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?

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