Recent content by kdog

thanks, I'll try that. Not sure what the previous post means.

So this morning I went and checked that fuel was getting into the carb, saw gas at the middle of the fuel window and adjusted the fuel mixture and the idle screw as mentioned although the idle screw is fairly hard to determine where it stands. I also did the plug switch and dizzy move and it...

I got the Pertronix coil as well. I set the plug gap to .031, maybe go bigger when I clean them,

I'll give it a shot, thanks!

The plugs were getting fouled from the mixture being too rich on the Rochester carb. Just black, not oily and all of them equally. I'll hook up the idle solenoid and follow the 2.5 screw turns and idle screw when I get a chance. I'll also move the plugs just to troubleshoot to see if that...

So I swapped out carbs and cleaned the fouled plugs again. Hooked the one small vacuum tube on the carb to the vacuum from the dizzy. Also the PCV vacuum hose to the base tube on the carb spacer. Had to spray some quick start to get it going. It ran but the idle was pretty high. I'm glad it...

Here is the rebuilt stock carb I was talking about. I plugged the diaphragm because from what I've been reading, I don't need it. Correct me if I'm wrong. The one tube coming out of the base on pic # 4 I have hooked up to the dizzy . The other larger tube coming from the spacer is hooked up...

Here is the dizzy hitting the dip stick tube.

Another question which is off topic but I'm finding that the vacuum advance part of my dizzy is bumping up against the oil filler tube when I'm trying to do the timing. Seems that the sweet spot is probably right where the oil filler tube is. Is this fairly common or is something off? Thanks.

It's mechanical. I also put a new fuel filter on not long ago. I'll pull the Rochester off and look at the float and check the seat. At the same time I want to see if I can get the stock carb on it. Not sure I had all the connections on it correctly though. On the Rochester, all I have is...

That was my intention but I couldn't get it to idle smoothly, I do want to get it working though.

Thanks for the advice, I'll check it out.

Hi, I'm fairly new to IH8MUD and this is my first posting. I have a 1971 FJ40 with a GM Rochester carb that was on it from PO. It was a carb setup from Man-A-Fre when they were located in Agoura, CA. It ran great for several years before it sat for another several years in my garage. I'm...