Sometimes just a quick explosion of passing
gas will cure a lot of ills. LOL Nice to hear you got the problem solved. From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ringlein Okay
–
so here is the deal. After
trying in vain for 6 weeks to locate a vacuum leak in or around the carb,
the
car is fixed. Here is the scoop. I
finally pulled my last hair out over this issue, and still could not figure out
what the hell was going on. All 8 cylinders were firing –
check. Carb taken apart 2 or 3 times for gaskets/adjustment
–
check. Every single vacuum line on the car replaced or capped
–
check. Carb still showing signs of a vacuum leak at the passenger side
base (RPM’s go up about 300 when carb cleaner is sprayed in this
vicinity). I talk to my brother, who knows everyone – he
mentions
that he knows a good carb guy, and I should give him a call. So I hobble
the 72 over to Precision Auto in Clovis Ca, and give directions to
“not
rebuild the carb for $230 – I had already performed a
rebuild. Please call me if the bill is going to go over $70 and I will
fix it myself.” Well – day 1 goes by, and he
can’t figure it out either – so he decides to sleep on
it. Problem was that the car would purr like a kitten
when choked, but run like s#%t under about 1300 RPM when warm. Seemed as
if it was running a tad lean. Turns out that the fuel was only feeding on
one side of the carb – the drivers side. The
mechanic was about to pull the carb and soak it in carb cleaner to fix the
problem, but decided to start it one more time to see what happened.
Well, the car backfired through the carb something serious – and
fixed itself. A quick tune later, adjust the idle, and the car runs like
it
always did 9 years ago. Wish it would have backfired for me
so I could have saved $70. So now, I move on
to the next problem – hopefully I can figure this
one out without help! J T.J.
Ringlein – 72
Chevelle, in shambles Runnin’
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