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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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Hard starting, rough acceleration

I rebuilt my carter carb this weekend and have reinstalled it back into the truck. It ran better when I got it to run, the problem is it now starts very hard, if at all, and dies if I don't feather the throttle for awhile. I was wondering if anyone could possibly know what the fix is to this? Is the air/fuel mixture screw set wrong, or could it be the float? When it does run, it will lag at acceleration for a second, then the RPM's will climb up fast. Any help on this issue is much appreciated.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 05:04 PM
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Took the top half of the carb off, adjusted the float to specs, it starts much easier didn't have to throttle it the second time, still has a slight hesitation when I start pressing on the pedal, however its only if I depress it slowly, if I floor it fast it won't hesitate.
 
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