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Any reason why he would close off the float vent? Should I run a PCV?
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Since i do not have a carbon canister it should stay plugged unless it rigged up and ran to the air filter?
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Suspect you may have blown the power valve in the carb when you had the backfire. I'd throw a rebuild kit in it. Barring that, you can get a shiny chrome one from edelbrock for ~ $350.00 ...
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Brian is right. The zip tie is holding the choke plate open. Cut it off and hook 12v up to that choke, start it up cold in the morning and watch the carb and see how it acts when warming up. The choke plate Should close when you give it a pump of the pedal, start it and make sure it opens slowly over a couple minutes time frame as the engine warms up. Also it looks like you have breathers on the valve cover, so I would make sure the front hole that is plugged on your carb goes to a PCV valve in the other valve cover so that you're venting that crankcase somehow. Looks like the back connection is going to your brake booster. See how these things that have been mentioned go for you, they may create other minor adjustments that are needed.
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Brian is right. The zip tie is holding the choke plate open. Cut it off and hook 12v up to that choke, start it up cold in the morning and watch the carb and see how it acts when warming up. The choke plate Should close when you give it a pump of the pedal, start it and make sure it opens slowly over a couple minutes time frame as the engine warms up. Also it looks like you have breathers on the valve cover, so I would make sure the front hole that is plugged on your carb goes to a PCV valve in the other valve cover so that you're venting that crankcase somehow. Looks like the back connection is going to your brake booster. See how these things that have been mentioned go for you, they may create other minor adjustments that are needed.
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Sounds like flooding to me now. Having to floor it to start it after driving it, is flooding. See if you can check the float level. You have to take the air horn off on those and then turn it upside down and check distance from the top of the float to the underside of the carb top.
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Also, if you do have torx bits and can take the top of the carb off, just make sure you pay attention to how it comes apart because the rods come out with it. Accelerator pump arm gets disconnected and there may be a check ball or so in there I can't remember. Also, try not to tear the gasket either. Check the float visually too if the setting is right, it could be bad and sinking into the gas!