Thanks for the nudge in the right direction. I changed the spacer out for
the other one and with a little adjusting I am back in the running.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Billy Gibson [mailto:bgibson@mcc4u.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 10:02 AM
To: William Schickling
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rochester rebuild
That will work most of the time, mine was revving all the time so that
method did not work, changing the spacer and making sure it was not on
upside down did work the carb. adjusted out and started well but only after
I changed the plugs that were fouled from the to rich mixture?????
Hoot58
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Schickling" <wschick1@twcny.rr.com>
To: "Billy Gibson" <bgibson@mcc4u.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 8:28 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Rochester rebuild
> Hoot58,
>
> I took the carb off this morning to look it over and I noticed the fiber
> spacer is broken in two. Someone in the past tried to seal it by using
some
> sort of black gooey stuff. I never bothered to look at it yesterday. Too
> much of a rush to get that sparkling clean carb on there and try it. :) I
> have another one on an old manifold. I'll have to take a look at that one.
>
> Just to check. You check for vacuum leaks by spraying a little starting
> fluid at the base while its idling and if the rpms go up, you've got a
leak.
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy Gibson [mailto:bgibson@mcc4u.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:34 PM
> To: William Schickling
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rochester rebuild
>
>
> Did you check for vacuum leaks around the base???
> just a thought
> HooT58
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Schickling" <wschick1@twcny.rr.com>
> To: "Oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 8:33 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Rochester rebuild
>
>
> > Anyone,
> >
> > I spent a couple hours today rebuilding my carb (Rochester 1bbl). The
> truck
> > was running ok intermittently, I was having trouble with regulating the
> gas
> > into the carb. The float was sticking open sometimes and closed others.
> When
> > it would stick open I could never get it started because gas was pouring
> > into the manifold.
> >
> > I got a rebuild kit. took it al apart and cleaned it good. Blew out all
> the
> > passages. Pit it back together and it starts up beautifully got a good
> idle
> > by playing with the mixture and the idle screw. I let it warn up and
drove
> > it back and forth in the driveway a couple times. Everything OK. Popped
it
> > in 1st and took off down the road, as the rpms went up it started
sucking
> > air and bucking and finally died. Started right back up and as long as I
> > babied the gas it ran enough to get home. Sitting in the driveway you
can
> > goose the throttle and everything seems ok, if you move the throttle up
> > easy, sometimes it hesitates and then revs up pretty high.
> >
> > Do I need to take it apart and clean it better? Do I have the mixture
> > screwed up?
> >
> > I could use some help or least encouragement.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bill Schickling
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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