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01-07-2012, 10:52 PM | #1 |
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carburetor problem
For the last six months I have been rebuilding a stock 39 Ford engine. I started with a piece of crap stripped down block. Slowly over the last few months I have been buying the pieces to get the engine complete. Bearings, rings, you name it, but always as cheap as I could find.
Well believe it or not, when I hooked up the battery, the last part needed, it fired up. But not all is well in "cheap town". To me it seemed to be missing. I pulled the plugs and they were wet with fuel. Fiddling with the carburetor, I completely closed the mixture valves and checked the plugs again. Still wet. Note, I rebuilt the cheap carburetor with a kit. Of course the kit contained gaskets, power valve , accelerator plunger a needle seat valve. Any ideas why so much gas getting thru? Last edited by Joe KCMO; 01-08-2012 at 12:26 AM. |
01-07-2012, 10:55 PM | #2 |
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cheap is not always good
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01-07-2012, 11:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: carburetor problem
You are not getting a seal with the gasket for the power valve. Very common problem, as the power valves being sold today are not correct. Buy a 5.5 valve from Ken ct with the proper gasket.
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01-08-2012, 12:22 AM | #4 |
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01-08-2012, 04:38 AM | #5 |
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Re: carburetor problem
Check your PM's. ken ct.
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01-08-2012, 10:12 AM | #6 |
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01-08-2012, 10:30 AM | #7 |
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Yea its the one with the 3 sided hole in the middle and its way too soft. I have the good valves and the correct gaskets.ken ct.
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01-08-2012, 01:20 PM | #8 |
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Joe,
Make sure the iron base and bottom of bowl are flat....should not see any light between them or you have a potential vac leak. The kit power valves and gaskets as Ken says are verboten. Charlie ny |
01-08-2012, 02:38 PM | #9 |
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I replaced the gasket and thank you very much normal gas flow. Thank You Ford Barn, on to the timing.
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