[AMC-List] Re; Carb rebuild help

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ken and all
I wonder if-----
For some mysterious reason the return fuel line has become
disconnected and thus not used. The fuel filter would then 
have a single tit on each side rather than a single input
tit and 2 output tits. 
If the fuel return line was not be used anymore than it would 
make sense that the carburetor would flood. Fuel pumps used 
with AMC cars with a fuel return line have a higher volume 
flow and are not designed to cavitate when the carburetor 
float shuts off the float chamber needle valve and has been
known to flood out the carburetor. 
 
 
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I would check the fuel pressure before you do anything else.
 
Yeah, that wouldn't hurt -- a perfect carb will do all those
bad thins if the fuel pressure si too high.
 
But if it is a stock pump that's unlikely; the internal spring
determines pressure, and they get weaker with age, not stronger!
 
 
 
 Ken Siroonian wrote:
 thanks tom and froank for your comments, i bought another carb kit and
 will give it another go. I thought I cleaned the last one very well,
 just can not figure why it overloads with gas. The fuel pump is the
 original with the car, 
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John
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