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Not that is a special design engineer there and she is making sure it's being done correctly with Emilio in there
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Awesome. glad to see the end is finally near......In the final stretches of this job. The change from random construction to finished work is always fun. There's still a bit of work to be done, but I can see the end, rather the splishin and spashin behind the boat.
Maybe. I had it rebuilt, but nothing about this one has been good.Your carb needs work as the secondary jets are probably plugged
Maybe. I had it rebuilt, but nothing about this one has been good.
Had was the correct tense. The guy who rebuilt it has never let me down until this time. He's been building carbs as long as I've been alive. For some reason though this carb has just been trash.Guessing "Had" is have right?
You could do it, not that hard
I but it was sealed in a plastic bag to avoid those issues. I'm kinda hoping the fuel pump is just weak or there's something in a fuel line somewhere. The thing idles buttery smooth. It'll be something stupid in sure.FWIW, I rebuilt a carb, set it on the shelf in the garage for about a month, insects built a nest in the vent tubes on both bowls and filled the carb with enough dirt that it wouldnt run right when filled with fuel.
This is a rochester q-jet BTW it only has one bowl. Secondary jets are all clear. What I did find was there was a catch in the doors for the secondaries that I corrected when I reassembled the carb. I also lightened up the tension on the secondaries a bunch. Also there is a dash pot that restricts the actuation of the secondaries under a certain condition. I'd love to know what it is for. I've got to replace the drive plate there's a noise that I believe is the sound of a cracked drive plate.It's in the secondary jets/metering
All that is clear. I think the problem was up top with the air doors for the secondaries. The gasket for the air horn was fouling the movement. A quick trim with a razor blade and its all smoove again.If you plan on keeping the QJ, I highly recommend getting Cliff Ruggles' book and Doug Roe's book.
And you are right, there is only one bowl, but there are secondary wells that are fed from the bowl through two tiny holes, which can get clogged.