Holly Carb Adjusting..
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Well, it wasn't the tip that squished... I didn't quite describe it correctly (I sometimes have a habit of doing that..). "It" was the O-ring on the needle vavle assembly. That was squished. I'm guessing it was just letting gas rush by no matter what everything was set as. If all goes well I'll have a well running truck in the next day or so!! Thanks everyone for all the help in finding the problem.
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Eureka!!!
It works! !! ! !!
I got the new o-ring in place of the old one, installed the needle valve and I got it running. It took a little to adjust the float, then I got it to run nicely!!
All that's left is some final carb adjustments, properly timing the beast, properly set the choke, and then hit the road!
I did use the truck this weekend during the snow to get around. Fired right up every time and drove pretty well getting around. Tonight I'll take it and rinse whatever salt off and bring it by my friends house to set the final adjustments.. Thanks again everyone!
It works! !! ! !!
I got the new o-ring in place of the old one, installed the needle valve and I got it running. It took a little to adjust the float, then I got it to run nicely!!
All that's left is some final carb adjustments, properly timing the beast, properly set the choke, and then hit the road!
I did use the truck this weekend during the snow to get around. Fired right up every time and drove pretty well getting around. Tonight I'll take it and rinse whatever salt off and bring it by my friends house to set the final adjustments.. Thanks again everyone!
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Yeah, the oil was changed just before I placed the repaired needle valve in.. so it has fresh clean oil now. It only spilled a few drops on the intake when adjusting, so I think I'm ok!
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float probs
you either have a stuck float, float with a hole in it allowing gas to get inside it and make it heavy, or the float valve with a bad tip. you can buy a float separately without a carb kit. Brass floats can have a pin hole or rust hole from moisture in fuel, or the bakelite floats can have the protective coat eaten away from gas additives. Both kinds will be too heavy to float high enough to shut gas flow off.
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