Been driving the truck for a few days... I tried the distilled water in the primary of the carb but going to try it again. First time around I just had the choke pulled to top for 2k RPMs but feeling like propping the gas pedal is what I should have done. Forgive me for not being 100% the difference it makes. I instilled 1/3 a gallon but saw nothing on a piece of cardboard I propped in front of the tailpipe (on the video you can see some brown spots but being here in the utterly invaded part of CT by gypsy moth caterpillars... that's just s***).
So for two days I have been driving it, she still wants to stall out at a quick stop but not at a stop pointing up. So starving for fuel is what I gather from that... During travel it has a hesitation with acceleration not too much different from when I first drove her and all this started to really bug me over a year ago. Difference I have ferom a year ago is "experience" under my belt and so all this s*** kinda makes a bit more sense.
ACC pump is the OEM leather... IF carb is out of truck or truck is sitting, will that leather need to be hydrated with oil
@FJ40Jim? (I had just for the sake of it). Will leather tighten back up if it gets pulled out of shape? Seems it will as I had tweaked it out when I was putting the top on and off testing out my "MacGyver" pen spring a few weeks back for the throttle pump spring I lost.
Pulled the top off the carb last night because I had noticed my fuel in the sight window was way friggen high yesterday. ACC leather was smooth and tight. And at that time gave my ACC pump a push or two and saw the expected squirt of fuel so my spring definitely works. I found my float lower than the fsm spec of 6mm, reset it and now the level is a tad low.
So far I have my IM out 4.5 turns... and keep needing to refer to this till it becomes ingrained in my memory.
** More Choke = less air
** Idle Mix (IM) OUT = more fuel
** Pushing Choke IN means more air requiring more fuel
Have a paperclip setup under the vacuum diaphragm to see if the spring is even moving in there during WOT (wide open throttle). (a new diaphragm was replaced with a new rod when I rebuilt the carb).
Will also add that a few weeks back I noted a vac leak toward the firewall end of the manifold... ordered a remflex gasket but have yet to pull everything apart again. I just want to drive the f-ing truck. Looking at that gasket is like knowing doomsday is on the horizon for a parent who is single and busy with a 4 year old and works part time.
Personal day from work today.... being paid to chart this out on my thread. Bonus. Tho Mother Nature is a wench and its pouring out there so I can't go fiddle on the truck. Wedding picnic in a few hours if it clears as said by the radar.
