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there is a lot of shaft showing already with the knob tight against the dash board. I did move the valve rod a little bit, about 1/2" or so with the cable disconnected. How much of the valve shaft should be sticking out of the valve when the knob is pushed tight up against the dash? The...

How far should the warm pull knob pull out during normal operation??? mine only pulls out about 3/8" and I'm trying to see if I can get a little more heat flowing through the heater. the arm on the valve is almost to the stop when pushed in should this be further away, it looks like there is a...

mschliebs, sorry but I'm not much of a help on here about the cut off but it sounds like you need a new solenoid. It makes a pretty solid click that is easy to hear when functioining right. Tore apart my old ignition switch and.... yup, that thing was toast inside, worn bad. Got a new one...

Got a really good carb rebuild kit from Rock Auto for my 77. It has a mix of aluminum and paper gaskets with a diaphram included, it was a small one(is that the secondary). cost of the rebuild kit was less than $11. Had everything I needed

Turned the key on and the idle cutoff works fine, clicks every time I pushed the connector back on. Hoped in and the 40 started right up. Ran for quite a while, let it start to warm up and it slowed down in idle and I didn't get to it before it stalled. My 2 year old son was asking "daddy done"...

Ed, "FWIW, my mixture screw is closer to 4 turns out." At least that is a little more comforting. I didn't mess with the idle screws at all during the rebuild, but I did take the mixture screw out when I sonic cleaned the carb parts. I probably have it close enough to do my final tweaking...

The site glass window shows fuel in it. The tank was "lined" a few years back and with the new fuel lines I tend to think it's the cut off circuit not rust plugging it up. Next is to find some time to tinker with it and see what I have going on. After I check out the cut off I need to get it...

From reading through my Gregory's manual, I need to start from square one and check my adjustments on the carb. I think I the the mixture screw is out a little far. What is a normal setting for it? they mention 1 1/2 turns on the carb rebuild paperwork I had. I'm closer to about 4 turns out so I...

edwjmcgrath, Thanks for the heads up on how to check the idle cut off circuit. About a month ago I replaced all of the fuel line with some stainless tubing I had and put in a new fuel filter too. I would guess that the idle cutoff solenoid might be the cause, but why would it work when I first...

Rebuilt my carb on my 77 40 and it ran great after adjusting the idle. Seemed a little cold blooded, but it was cool out. Went out the other day to start it up and it was running like it did before I did a rebuild. I ran it on the road for a while and than it would die if I stopped and idled ...

Pinhead, Thanks for the great advice on this. I could easily see the idle port being the problem. It's always been a mystery on why it drains out for no reason. I did a rebuild on the carb over a dozen years ago, so maybe it's time to re-do it. I know that just from sitting around, and not...

79 Fj 40. Ok, so I finally got around to playing with my carb fuel issues. I disconnected the two main lines and sprayed carb cleaner in both tube mount areas. Blew out the return line banjo fitting. Seemed like the tiny orifice on the banjo fitting might have been plugged. Starts better and...

click on it. I'm not sure how to post a pic so I stuck this pic from my album on there. finally put on my new used rims and tires on my 79. I know that it's sacrilegious to put some rims on that aren't stock steelies, but I couldn't pass up the deal. 2" offset and the tires don't hit anything.