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Was this on your 40 with the one piece TC? I bet it was nice and quiet..... :) If the rag is 100% cotton and you got most of it out, seems the rest would soon be pulverized. Synthetic fibers would be more risky. In my area, cars and people are...

Well here it is running with no o ring at all, solenoid connected to power. I fixed everything that could possibly be a vacuum leak and I'm sure everthing helped. There is peace in the land where I live. I got my idle back.

This is running with no o ring on the solenoid. Engine shuts off instantly at hot idle. Wish I could say it was easy....

Here's my take on this as of Sunday morning. I'm thinking Mark was right about the idle circuit being the culprit. Before I posted this thread I had fixed the loose carb stud and added the two semi permeable base gaskets, thus creating a vacuum...

My hardware store has two trays of o-rings I may go through today. I will still order the correct ones. One thing I left out in my description of the idle circuit was the idle mixture screw. In my initial problem the mixture screw had NO effect...

Thanks guys. I just blew carb cleaner through the idle circuit with the carb off and the solenoid out. It is now totally clear. With the carb in front of your face it is quite obvious how the fuel enters from the main fuel input and branches to...

New terminal on wire, end where wire enters solenoid looks fully intact. Would be nice to find a boot that would support the wire as it enters the rubber seal. It gets bent a lot during R/R. I think I have seen them on some condensors in the past.

My lowest compression number is now 160 and the others continue to climb with the truck's new life after mostly sitting for 20 years. #1 and #6 are now 175. I have the carb off, and have lightly surfaced it's base flange on my diamond whetstone...

For those that have removed the idle solenoid, cleaned/lubed it, does it seem to stay working as time goes on, or is this just a temporay fix until you are able to get a new solenoid? Mine is acting intermittent since the clean/lube. '77 carb on...

Upon reading the thread 'fuel cut solenoid' that is currently up here, I decided to start up my engine, get it up to temp and with idle speed inceased a bit, choke knob in, I disconnected the wire to the solenoid. No change whatsoever. Same idle...

Great help from all! Sadly, I no longer have boosted brakes. When going from FJ 55 firewall to '47 ford PU firewall, there was no room for a booster. I am running a mustang MC from a period where the system was front disc, rear drum and manual...

I found a spot where the spray raises the idle quite a bit. It is on the manifold facing out, just below the carb. There was a fixture there, long ago removed, with a diamond shape clamped by a stud at each end. The studs remain and there are two...

Haven't checked compression , but did pull plug wires one by one and got a similar drop at each one. The compression numbers from last year are written in sharpie on the inner fender. #2 was the lowest at 159. The other 5 were 168 and 170. I have...

Water in a windex spray bottle does nothing anywhere except maybe slow the rough idle a bit. But OIL of various types sprayed or poured into the primary at rough idle races the engine and smooths out the idle. I know it's weird and most likely...

Stock manifold, no headers. I have a lot of experience with F/2F manifolds. I bet I have pulled, repaired, replaced landcruiser manifolds 15 times. Usually for exhaust leaks, often for problems with the connection between intake and exhaust. As a...

Solenoid clicks like it should, will get some more carb spray tomorrow. Still a bit confused by Mark's terms, 'victim' and 'culprit'. The bottom has certainly dropped out of my early vacuum numbers.

No change whatsoever with mixture screw seated or ready to fall out. After it falls out the top, the engine imediately quits. My wife was calling me in for my cold dinner so I didn't listen for the solenoid click yet,

Inconclusive so far. I had only a very small amount of carb spray and town is 24 mile round trip. I used mapp gas and carefully went around all suspect areas with the exception of under the insulator shield. No change, but does mapp gass work for...

Thanks, we were typing at same time.

Had a meeting about an upcoming job and it ran long.... I have the BB centered in the window. It was just a bit advanced. Funny, all instructions I can find say to have choke open and engine at temp and idling to check vacuum and timing. With...

I made new gaskets from a fairly thick pliable material and applied to both sides of very clean insulator. Applied grease to shafts with a small paint brush, no change. I will know more after work today. Running a woodworking shop here behind the...

Thank you Mr. King! Sounds like a common sense approach. Unfortunately I spent most of my day yesterday fixing the hydraulic tilt on my son's boston whaler and couldn't jump onto what I really wanted to do. Today after work I will go through this...

Ok, thanks. Booster line is removed and capped, still same. Should I pull the top off carb while it's on the vehicle to check bowl? And the spark plugs, not yet, but there is a small part of me that remembers an old addage... '90% of all...

Thanks fyton, I am half way through pinhead's video series. I started last night and yes, seemed straightforward. I have rebuilt maybe ten carbs from '30s-'50s trucks correctly over the years, but was thinking with this carb's initial proven...

'79 2f , '77 aisan carb, compression 160-170 vacuum 19. I started out last year with a Chinacarb. It ran very well in all respects, until one day it didn't. Instead of investigating I had a '77 carb I found in my attic and had had intended to...