Re: IML: Carter AFB running Question
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Re: IML: Carter AFB running Question



I may have found part of the problem. I checked the vacuum and its around 15 which is fine. But, I checked the voltage at the coil while it's running and it's at 12 v. Should be 6v right? So I checked it at the ballast resistor and it's 12v on one side and 13.5 on the other. I think the ballast is wasted?

Your thoughts?
Chris
----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Howland" <howlands@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Carter AFB running Question


Have you tried this:
Run it at 2500 rpm. Close the choke plate (or block what you believe to be the offending venturi(s)) with your hand. Does it get better? If you have a fuel starvation issue and you block a bunch of air, it should smooth out as the mixture improves.

I'm not sure what the fuel is supposed to look like at that rpm as I'm somewhat timid about sticking my face over a poor running carb at much more than idle. I like my eyebrows intact.

Daryl
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Strohmeyer" <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:04 PM
Subject: IML: Carter AFB running Question/2 Budd calipers on the way fr.calipersonline


Hi again experts,

I'm having a running problem that I still think is carburetion. It only idles ok, and runs erratically at say 2500 rpm.
This is what I've done so far:
Changed distributor, cap,rotor, wires and plugs. Also have tested it with another coil-same results. I've checked voltage to the coil too. I've checked the compression cold and get 125 per cylinder across the board. The engine has about 30 k on it.
I've also sprayed/checked for vacuum leaks, it seems solid.
I have personally rebuilt the carb with a kit and have had the top off once to check to if the float level was ok..etc. What I'm suspicious of the way the fuel looks going down the primary at a steady 2500 rpm. It sort of drools unevenly in both venturis. The "sucking" sound it makes is not uniform. I thought instead of slurping or drooling in, it should look more like a vapor going in. When I shut it off and look down the carb it stays dry like the float level isn't too high. I rebuilt the carb first because it ran this way before I did all this stuff. This still "feels" like a fuel problem. If I had a spare good carb, that would certainly prove it.

Any thoughts?
Thx,
Chris
67 Imperial Convertible
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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:36 AM
Subject: IML: 1967-69 Budd Calipers available soon





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