49 8BA has no power

[tubman]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

Denny, I'm not sure of the wording but in post #8 it seems like he's saying it has a correct 8ba carb (with port) on it currently, but the PO had mistakenly sent an early style carb for rebuilding. So the current owner now has that Charlie NY early carb sitting on the bench and can't use it as a tester as it doesn't have the vacuum port.

I don't read it that way, but it really doesn't matter because my point is you can't properly troubleshoot a problem on an engine that has known problem areas. Fix them first. It looks like he's gonna get the correct carb from Charlie, which should help a lot.