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I have been buying the cheapest gas in town... 4.31 gal. Maybe I should reconsiderWe have 3 gas stations in town, 1 sells 93 octane (66 Ford.) And also sells diesel for tractor. Out of convienance I filled 1 tank in 79 ford started running likealmost right away. Same happened with 66, had to adjust carb just to keep it running. Point is dont buy gas there anymore and haven't had a problem since.
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This is all to true , my Dailey fight . as a shop owner we only recommend 91 octane ethanol free fuel ( Clear gas )I think it's the Crapgas they selling for 4 bucks a gallon ruining all these old vehicles
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Totally understandable.fing driving me crazy
Read up on how a choke pulloff works.I was pretty excited to just drive it for a bit before the next lil project. From cold start it idles perfectly at low RPMs but I let it warm up &
check it again when temp gauge shows warm w/choke off and idles great close to 700rpms and close to 20 in.hg then, as soon as its warm and I hit the throttle it all goes to s*&^. wont idle, low vac , runs rough. engine dies w/o throttle or choke partially on.
No signs of vac leak. fuel in the sight glass(even after letting it dies then checking it). 2 new filters, new plugs. valves adjusted
, fuel pump has been rebuilt, tank cleaned etc. Erratic idling so thinking it could be plug wires, vac leak, fuel related.. after restart and revving the motor it does idle but at a much lower RPM. fing driving me crazy.
I was looking at how the choke was effecting the idle just didn't understand how, since I did tune when with the choke pushed in all the way before starting but did not activate the choke plate so, this makes sense. Thanks for the insight! I'll try re-tuning with the choke open/ activated.Read up on how a choke pulloff works.
Sounds to me like you may be setting your carb/ignition timing with the choke set.
Hitting the gas lowers the idle and releases the choke plate back into the open position for normal driving.
You need to make sure that when you set up your mixture screws, idle, and ignition timing, the engine is not only "warmed up" but that the choke pulloff has activated and opened the choke plate, and moved the high idle cam so that it drops down to idle, not high idle.
Also. Don't feel bad. I know all of these things because I fought my way through them over decades of working on vehicles which should have been retired for people who should take the bus. This was all common knowledge at one point, but nobody took the time to teach me much. I had to dig through motors manuals and figure it all out.
The way mine works, you push the choke back in, but it takes a tap of the throttle to knock it off of the high idle cam.I was looking at how the choke was effecting the idle just didn't understand how, since I did tune when with the choke pushed in all the way before starting but did not activate the choke plate so, this makes sense. Thanks for the insight! I'll try re-tuning with the choke open/ activated.
The part I was missing ....but it takes a tap of the throttle to knock it off of the high idle cam.The way mine works, you push the choke back in, but it takes a tap of the throttle to knock it off of the high idle cam.
All of your mixture adjustments need to be made off of the high idle cam.
In my case, I an not quite convinced its bad fuel but, I did use premium for my last fill up. So far cant tell much of a difference.ETHANOL. I have 3 vehicles Idle because of this Bullgas. Dump a bottle of dry gas in it and see what happens or you are gonna go
s. Fuel line in my 66 Ford might be 4 years old and supposedly E proof is leaking. Find Ethanol free gas
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