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Old May 20, 2007 | 03:02 PM
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Unhappy carb trouble Help!

I have just put on a new holly street avenger carb and the secondary floats wont adjust. can any one out there point me in the right direction?
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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Remove the needle and seat. Sounds like it got a piece of debris in it that is holding it open.
 
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Old May 20, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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If it isn't dirt it may be the o ring on the needle valve body is leaking.
 
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Old May 22, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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I have solved my problem the shaft that the adjusting nut was on was in to far causing the nt to spin freely whith out adjusing the float,. works awsome now, Ill never go back to an edlebrock. but thank for the advice.
 
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