Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: mileage

[Terry.Atkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

50 times. That is about right for my Gremlin. It can be 90 degrees outside and 
if it has sit very long at all I have to pump the hell out of mine to get it 
started. It has always done this since it was almost new. Always been told it 
was the carb. I think my mother put a couple on it to solve the problem and I 
replaced one to solve the problem but you still have to pump the hell out of 
it to start it. It starts right up after you first get it started for the rest 
of the day. I figure the gas has to leak out of the bowl overnight but you 
would think after three or four carbs one would have been right. Your day is 
right if the choke never opens up it will drink gas.
Terry



 
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• From: "Charles Burch" <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:45:58 +0000

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

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From: Jerry

To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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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