Well, last week I put the restored 3810 (751) on the car, and after a run, I had this terrible flooding problem coming from the secondaries.
This week I took it off again and dissassembled the secondary fuel bowl. There was a little bit of light sediment in the bowl but I don't think enough to jamb the float. Tested the float for leaks,(it was OK), and then took Rob Axel's advice and bent the float back to the back of the bowl and adjusted it to spec (5/16"). You know that there is less then an 1/8" clearance between the float and the secondary plate, and I figured that the float was probably bent a little towards the plate and was probably hanging up.
While I had the carb off, I took John Hinckley's advice and plugged the holes in the heat slot. What a simple thing to do. Bought two 7/16" cup plugs at the local auto parts store (50 cents each) and tapped them in with a 7/16" bolt. Here's the picture and below:
Tapping them in with the bolt took all of 2 minutes.
Well, I got the carb back on, adjusted it up and took the same 10 mile run as last week. I almost got whiplash in first, second and third like she used to do. And no flooding, she idles smoothly although a little lopey at about 650.
Here's the carb on the car:
I know the rest of the engine looks like ----, but that's another project.
Thanks again, Rob and John
Jerry Fuccillo
#42179
This week I took it off again and dissassembled the secondary fuel bowl. There was a little bit of light sediment in the bowl but I don't think enough to jamb the float. Tested the float for leaks,(it was OK), and then took Rob Axel's advice and bent the float back to the back of the bowl and adjusted it to spec (5/16"). You know that there is less then an 1/8" clearance between the float and the secondary plate, and I figured that the float was probably bent a little towards the plate and was probably hanging up.
While I had the carb off, I took John Hinckley's advice and plugged the holes in the heat slot. What a simple thing to do. Bought two 7/16" cup plugs at the local auto parts store (50 cents each) and tapped them in with a 7/16" bolt. Here's the picture and below:
Tapping them in with the bolt took all of 2 minutes.
Well, I got the carb back on, adjusted it up and took the same 10 mile run as last week. I almost got whiplash in first, second and third like she used to do. And no flooding, she idles smoothly although a little lopey at about 650.
Here's the carb on the car:
I know the rest of the engine looks like ----, but that's another project.
Thanks again, Rob and John
Jerry Fuccillo
#42179
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