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ill check all the lines this week when i get back
from southern missouri as i need to jack it up anyways to check my
brakes. but i am leaking differintional fluid i need to replace
the front pinion seal but dont know how to go about doing it. and i believe it
is a little black at the end of the muffler, is that to rich?? cause it sounds
about right when i adjusted it. thanks for all that input but im in missouri
which is were a normal carb should be lol.
i do however drive it mainly to school and back
which its just warming up when i get to school. so the choke might be closed,
dad said to check that and if it is try to wire it open. would this help?? and
here in the mornings its been 30-40 degrees and its hard to get the damn thing
to start, i have to pump the gas like 50 times to get it to start lol. anyone
else have this problem?? could i have a leak thats draining the gas from the
line when it sits? once its ran for a bit i can start it the rest of the
day no prob but i think its just cause its cold. i could be wrong
tho. as far as i can tell its the stock lines lol so i guess it could of
rusted thro. but when i filled today i got 8.27 mpg
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:57
PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
mileage
--- "Charles Burch" <warlocke@...>
wrote:
>
> all are 14" back are 215 and front are 205 i think and
i got a
rebuilt 2bbl carb
Carburetors are a bad sticking
point with Gremlins, they can ( and
do ) go bad in a heartbeat. I've had
nothing but trouble with the 2-
bbl carbs on my '74-78 Gremlins, they work
fine, then suddenly it's
Niagra falls coming out a seam or something. I
had one POUR out the
front, near the accelerator pump piston linkage on my
'74 with auto
trans, then the next day, it was fine, no leaks. I couldnt'
figure
it out. I wound up replacing it with another carb off a '72
Gremlin,
which it still is using.
Gas mileage? I got , in my
'74 with auto trans, about 17-20
normally, with a downhill thru Ohio to
West Virginia of about 24 mpg
once. But usually over 15, you definitely
have a gas leakage problem
somewhere if you are getting 7-10 only. Gas
tank or tank filler neck
hose leaking? Rubber gas lines underneath all ok?
Check the rubber
lines at the tank. Carb shouldn't be that bad, but maybe
it has the
wrong jets. Is your exhaust pipe black on the inside out back?
could
be a wrongly jetted carb. Are you near sea level, or in mountain
area? A "normal" carb at sea level will run rich at elevation, I
think, due to less air. If you ordered a reman carb, and are in the
mountains, you may have a carb jetted for "thicker air". Something
to
check for. Doubt a parts chain will have a database for that type
of
thing. Hope this has helped somewhat. - Jerry in Virginia
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