[kawagumby]

Thanks Chris,
That's what I thought would be the case. As with so many things with this particular car, it seems a lot of parts just aren't correct or not working and it is a wonder the previous owner could even drive it the few hours he did. The engine is model B with an A head, using an A distributor that was timed with the different B timing cover indent pin location, so the timing was too far advanced, as another example.

I guess for the time being I'll do a little more machining to get the needle to locate as close as possible to the orifice - then try to get another needle housing to see if that is the issue (I wonder if there is a length difference between the needle housing of the earlier carbs that had a jet rather than the casting orifice). The car is starting to run pretty good after about 100 hours of work, LOL, but when I bought this car, I thought the only thing I'd have to fix was the water pump..ah, the innocence...



Tom