Guys,
I have continued to work on my 69 L-46 to get the car to run. I proceeded by returning to the MSD distributor but without the 6AL ignition and the car ran well. I then went back to the factory distributor and the car would not run. I then opted to put the 6AL ignition on the factory distributor to give the spark an extra jolt. When I did this, i opted to change the spark plugs again and I noticed that they were wet and fouled and reeked of gas. What I realized is that when I swapped out the Q-jet for the Holley stand in and MSD ignition, I didn't bother to connect the Holley's electric choke, and when I put the Q-jet back on with the MSD distributor and 6AL ignition, I did not immediately hook up the choke, but when I swapped back to the factory distributor I decided I wanted to give the engine the best chance to start so I hooked up the choke. After seeing what the plugs looked like I realized that the only way the engine has run is without the choke working on both carbs, so I decided to try to start the engine without the choke and the engine then started and ran well. Because the choke was not connected the choke blade at one point when the engine initially started flapped closed and the engine immediately cough and stalled. In the end the original problem may have been that the choke might be out of adjustment and is flooding the engine at startup. Of course with the dyno run three years ago the choke was not connected.
The question I have then is how do I adjust the choke blade and the high idle on this carb? I looked at some videos but my choke doesn't have the round black dial that the videos I watched have. I have zero experience working on Q-jets and the adjustment isn't obvious to me. Thanks for your help.
Mike
I have continued to work on my 69 L-46 to get the car to run. I proceeded by returning to the MSD distributor but without the 6AL ignition and the car ran well. I then went back to the factory distributor and the car would not run. I then opted to put the 6AL ignition on the factory distributor to give the spark an extra jolt. When I did this, i opted to change the spark plugs again and I noticed that they were wet and fouled and reeked of gas. What I realized is that when I swapped out the Q-jet for the Holley stand in and MSD ignition, I didn't bother to connect the Holley's electric choke, and when I put the Q-jet back on with the MSD distributor and 6AL ignition, I did not immediately hook up the choke, but when I swapped back to the factory distributor I decided I wanted to give the engine the best chance to start so I hooked up the choke. After seeing what the plugs looked like I realized that the only way the engine has run is without the choke working on both carbs, so I decided to try to start the engine without the choke and the engine then started and ran well. Because the choke was not connected the choke blade at one point when the engine initially started flapped closed and the engine immediately cough and stalled. In the end the original problem may have been that the choke might be out of adjustment and is flooding the engine at startup. Of course with the dyno run three years ago the choke was not connected.
The question I have then is how do I adjust the choke blade and the high idle on this carb? I looked at some videos but my choke doesn't have the round black dial that the videos I watched have. I have zero experience working on Q-jets and the adjustment isn't obvious to me. Thanks for your help.
Mike
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