COULD YOUR FLOAT BE SET TOO HIGH?
OR
NEEDLE AND SEAT DEFORMED OR DAMAGED ALLOWING FUEL IN CONSTANTLY?
DRIVING MIGHT KEEP IT LOWER, WHILE IT'S S. UCKING DOWN THE FUEL.
THEN AT IDLE, FUEL LEVEL RISES AND GETS HIGHER THAN THE VENTURIS
TO SET UP THE SCENARIO (MY THOUGHTS)---FUEL LEVEL TOO LOW FOR SOME REASON, RUNS BUT NOT GOOD----THEN AT IDLE, RISES TO CORRECT LEVEL, RUNS REAL GOOD!----UNTIL FUEL LEVEL IS TOO HIGH, THEN IT BASICALLY STARTS FLOODING, TOO MUCH FUEL INTO THE CYLINDERS. HOW EVER THIS CARB OF YOURS, USES A POWER VALVE (OR EQUIVLENT). MAYBE IT'S ADJUSTED WRONG OR BLOWN (A BACKFIRE CAN BLOW THEM ON SOME CARBS)
I LOOKED AT AUTOZONE AND ADVANCE AUTO FOR YOUR CARB--IT IS NOT IN EITHER. I'M SORTA GOOD ON SIMPLE CAR THEORY, SUCH AS WITH MY TWO JEEPS A '77 AND A '46
I LIKE TO BE "IN COMMAND", RULE OUT COMPLICATED LINKAGES, SO I HAVE MANUAL CHOKES ON BOTH OF MINE.I DECIDE IF IT NEEDS CHOKIN' OR NOT. IF IT WILL DRIVE WELL WHEN I TURN OPEN THE BUTTERFLY. IF NOT I MAY CRACK IT SHUT SOME, TILL I'M AT FULL OPERATING TEMP.
IN FACT TO MAKE MY '77 EZer TO TUNE, GET BETTER MILEAGE, POWER WHEN I DEMAND IT.
I INSTALLED A 4 BBL OFFENHAUSER INTAKE ON MY 258 INLINE 6 CYLINDER. I THEN MOUNTED A HOLLEY 390 CFM CARB ON IT.
TUNING IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME AT FIRST, I COULD NOT "READ THE PLUGS" WORTH A CRAP, WHEN I SHUT HIM DOWN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PERFORM A "PLUG CUT" TO DETERMINE WHAT SIZE JETS TO USE.
I FINALLY FOUND THAT I COULD INSTALL A OXYGEN SENSOR CLOSE TO MY HEADERS, AND USE IT TO RUN A AIR/ FUEL RATIO GAUGE.
THE GAUGE DISPLAYS IN LEDS. LEAN, STOICH (JUST RIGHT), AND RICH.
IT FLUCTUATES AS YOU DRIVE UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. FLAT ROAD AT 55 MPH IS WHAT I SELECTED MY BEST JETTING FOR. MY "IN DASH" VACUUM GAUGE ALONG WITH MY AIR/ FUEL GAUGE HELPED ME SELECT A "POWER VALVE" TO TWEAK IT ALL TOGETHER.
THE NEWER BELLS AND WHISTLES ALONG WITH SMOG CRAP BLOWS MY MIND! I'M SORRY I CANNOT HELP MORE.
EVEN W/ SIMPLE CARBS, I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE FEW WHO TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK. MOSTLY "JUST TALK" AND COBBLE THE REST OF IT UP. I DO MY OWN WORK, BUT I DO ASK THOSE WHO "SUPPOSEDLY KNOW", FOR INFORMATION, I'M PRETTY GOOD AT "CENSORING OUT" THE "WANNA BE'S" MIS-INFORMATION, I DO READ ABOUT MY OWN SYSTEMS, AND TRY HARD TO FIGURE STUFF OUT "CORRECTLY" ON MY OWN. I DO NOT LIKE "I THINK", I WANT THEM TO BACK UP THEIR ADVISE WITH FACT--THAT CAN BE FOUND IN PICS OR TEXT---PROVEN.
IF YOU CAN ELIMINATE SMOG STUFF (NOT CHECKED IN YOUR AREA) MAYBE AN AFTERMARKET SIMPLE TYPE CARB MIGHT DO YOU BETTER. I HOPE I'M NOT WASTING YOUR TIME.
LET ME KNOW HOW IT'S GOING
THE MEDIC
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